Creating Laravel 5 Packages for dummies

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September 25th, 2017, posted in tech_stuff
by Cristian T

Unfortunately, Laravel 5's documentation on how to create a package is an introduction, at best. It’s important to read it - to understand the concept - but it’s not a step-by-step guide to creating your first package. This is.


Last updated in July 2016 — used it to create my admin-panel building software: Backpack for Laravel.


Step 1. Install Laravel


For this, check out Laravel’s docs. As an alternative, use an existing Laravel application. Don’t forget you need to:

 

composer install

 

and

 

chmod -R o+w storage
chmod -R o+w vendor

 

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Cristian T

I bring to the table 9 years+ of experience developing web apps and building Internet businesses. I wear many hats, and I love it. Some of my favourite brainchildren are Backpack for Laravel, ScheduleThatEmail, and Complement. My goal is happiness – for the users, clients, developers I work with, and for myself :)

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