how to setup laravel project code example

Example 1: install laravel globally

composer global require laravel/installer

Example 2: laravel installation from github

//Laravel installation from github
php -r "file_exists('.env') || copy('.env.example', '.env');"
composer install -q --no-ansi --no-interaction --no-scripts --no-suggest --no-progress --prefer-dist
php artisan key:generate

Example 3: how to install new project in laravel

You can create project by 2 ways:

First is installing it without defining version:
composer create-project laravel/laravel yourProjectName

Secondly you can install by defining version:
composer create-project laravel/laravel="VersionOfYourChoice" yourProjectName

Example 4: create project command in laravel

Before starting this hope you installed composer dependancy manager for PHP.
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So if you want to create a project by name of 'first_laravel_app' in directory C:/xampp/htdocs/ then what you need to do is

Locate your project parent directory using cmd
>cd c:/xampp/htdocs

and fire this command 
>composer create-project laravel/laravel first_laravel_app --prefer-dist

And its done, this is really easy and it also creates Application Key automatically for you.
  
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Example 5: laravel new project

composer create-project laravel/laravel example-app

cd example-app

php artisan serve