Laravel 9 + Vite

## Composer
  - Download the installer and install (https://getcomposer.org/download/)

## Node.js
  = Download the installer and install (choose LTS version, https://nodejs.org)

## Laravel Installer as a global Composer dependency:
  - Open cmd prompt
    = Enter composer global require laravel/installer
    = Enter laravel --version to check laravel installer version
    
## Update / upgrade laravel installer
  - Open cmd prompt
    = Enter composer global remove laravel/installer 
    = Enter composer global require laravel/installer

## Create new app using laravel installer
$ laravel new project-name

OR

## Create new app using composer
$ composer create-project laravel/laravel="8.*" project-name
  ***=> replace with your choice of version

## What Next
## Install laravel ui
  - Open cmd prompt, locate your application directory,
    = Enter composer require laravel/ui
    = Enter php artisan ui bootstrap --auth
    = npm i && npm run dev

## vite.config.js
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  import { defineConfig } from 'vite';
  import laravel from 'laravel-vite-plugin';
  import path from 'path';

  export default defineConfig({
      plugins: [
          laravel({
              input: [
                  // 'resources/sass/app.scss',
                  'resources/js/app.js',
              ],
              refresh: true,
          }),
      ],
      resolve: {
          alias: {
              '~bootstrap': path.resolve(__dirname, 'node_modules/bootstrap'),
          }
      },
  });
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  ## app.js (resources/js/app.js)
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  import './bootstrap';
  import 'jquery-ui';
  import.meta.glob([
      '../favicons/**'
  ]);
  
  import '../sass/app.scss';
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## Build
  - npm run build