Quick setup Laravel (with Tailwind scaffold)

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I often install a fresh Laravel app to test a new package or replicate the setup for a tutorial. This is the fastest way to get a vanilla Laravel with Auth and Tailwind. The first step is only required if you have not installed the Laravel installer before ($ means that you have to enter that to your terminal):

($ composer global require laravel/installer)
$ laravel new project
$ cd project && code . (opens in VSCode)
Open .env
Change DB_CONNECTION=mysql to DB_CONNECTION=sqlite
Remove all lines not needed for SQLite: DB_HOST, DB_PORT, DB_DATABASE, DB_USERNAME and DB_PASSWORD
$ touch database/database.sqlite to create the SQLite database
$ composer require laravel-frontend-presets/tailwindcss --dev
$ php artisan ui tailwindcss --auth to scaffold Tailwind frontend
$ npm install && npm run dev to install the frontend
$ php artisan migrate to migrate the database
$ valet open or $ php artisan serve to open the site