laravel run existing project code example

Example 1: run laravel project from github

Clone your project
Go to the folder application using cd command on your cmd or terminal
Run composer install on your cmd or terminal
Copy .env.example file to .env on the root folder. You can type copy .env.example .env if using command prompt Windows or cp .env.example .env if using terminal, Ubuntu
Open your .env file and change the database name (DB_DATABASE) to whatever you have, username (DB_USERNAME) and password (DB_PASSWORD) field correspond to your configuration.
By default, the username is root and you can leave the password field empty. (This is for Xampp)
By default, the username is root and password is also root. (This is for Lamp)
Run php artisan key:generate
Run php artisan migrate
Run php artisan serve
Go to localhost:8000

Example 2: start someones laravel project

1. composer update --no-scripts  or composer install
 2. php artisan key:generate 
 3. rename example.env to .env
 4. Change database credentials, set debug mode! Change app url
 4. php artisan migrate(make sure u have the database running in the server)
 5. php artisan config:clear
 6. you are good to go!