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Watching assets

`gulp && gulp watch`

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View website

`php artisan serve` and browse to [localhost:8000](🔗)

## Beginner friendly installation

## Requirements

Make sure you have **node** >= 4 and **npm** >= 3 by running `node -v` and `npm -v`.

Check if **gulp** is installed globally on your system by running `gulp -v`. If it's not installed, run `npm install -g gulp`. Check if **bower** is installed globally on your system by running `bower -v`. If it's not installed, run `npm install -g bower`.

## Setup

Create the project using composer create-project command `composer create-project jadjoubran/laravel5-angular-material-starter:3.2.x --prefer-dist`

then `cd` into the newly created directory

and install local **node dependencies** and **bower packages** `npm install` `bower install`

edit your `.env` file and fix your database credentials and then run the migrations `php artisan migrate`

and **compile** the assets and **watch** for changes `gulp && gulp watch`

now you need to open a new terminal tab/window and cd into the same directory in order to **serve** the application `php artisan serve`

Your starter project is now ready on [localhost:8000](🔗)

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Vagrant on Windows?

There are known issues if you're planning to use Vagrant on Windows, mainly with `npm`. These [issues](🔗) might help