🚀 Laravel Starter Kit

A super cool Laravel 12 starter kit coming from @nunomaduro, with some modifications. ✨

✨ Features

• Laravel 12 🔥 - Latest Laravel framework with streamlined structure
• PHP 8.4 ⚡ - Modern PHP features and performance
• Tailwind CSS 4 🎨 - Latest Tailwind with Vite integration
• Pest 4 🧪 - Advanced testing with browser testing support
• Code Quality Tools 🛠️ - PHPStan, Laravel Pint, Rector, Prettier
• Development Workflow 🔄 - Concurrent dev server, queue, logs, and Vite

📋 Requirements

• PHP >= 8.4.0
• Composer
• Node.js & NPM
• MySQL (or your preferred database)

🚀 Quick Start

[!NOTE] In config/database.php, 'engine' => 'InnoDB', is used as the default for both mysql and mariadb connections.

In config/essentials.php, models are unguarded by default via Unguard::class => true. This allows mass assignment without explicitly defining $fillable properties. You can change this setting if you prefer to use guarded models.

📦 Installation

Create a new Laravel project:

composer create-project marekmiklusek/laravel-starter-kit --prefer-dist app-name

Run the automated setup script:

composer setup

This command will:

1. Install PHP dependencies via Composer
2. Create .env file from .env.example (if not exists)
3. Create .env.production file from .env.example (if not exists)
4. Generate application key
5. Run database migrations
6. Install NPM dependencies
7. Build frontend assets

⚙️ Additional Setup

🔧 Environment Configuration

After running composer setup, configure your .env file with your database credentials:

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=your_database_name
DB_USERNAME=your_username
DB_PASSWORD=your_password

🌐 Browser Testing Setup (Optional)

If you plan to use Pest's browser testing capabilities, install Playwright:

npm install playwright
npx playwright install

This installs the necessary browser binaries for running browser tests.

🚀 Production Environment

The setup script automatically creates a .env.production file. Configure it with production-specific settings:

# Edit .env.production with your production settings

Configure production environment variables:

• Set APP_ENV=production
• Set APP_DEBUG=false
• Configure production database credentials
• Set secure APP_KEY (generated during setup)
• Configure mail, cache, queue, and session drivers
• Set proper logging channels

💻 Development

🖥️ Running the Development Server

Start all development services concurrently:

composer dev

This starts:

• Laravel development server (port 8000)
• Queue listener
• Log viewer (Pail)
• Vite dev server (Hot Module Replacement)

🔍 Code Quality

🧹 Linting & Formatting

Fix code style issues:

composer lint

This runs:

• Rector (PHP refactoring)
• Laravel Pint (PHP formatting)
• Prettier (frontend formatting)

🧪 Testing

Run the full test suite:

composer test

This includes:

• Type coverage (100% minimum)
• Code coverage (100% required)
• Unit and feature tests (Pest)
• Code style validation
• Static analysis (PHPStan)

📜 Available Scripts

🎼 Composer Scripts

• composer setup - Initial project setup
• composer dev - Run all development services
• composer lint - Fix code style issues
• composer test - Run full test suite
• composer test:unit - Run Pest tests only
• composer test:types - Run PHPStan analysis
• composer test:type-coverage - Check type coverage
• composer test:lint - Validate code style
• composer update:requirements - Update all dependencies

📦 NPM Scripts

• npm run dev - Start Vite dev server
• npm run build - Build for production
• npm run lint - Format frontend code
• npm run test:lint - Check frontend code style

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.