##Windows users:
- Download wamp: http://www.wampserver.com/en/
- Download and extract cmder mini: https://github.com/cmderdev/cmder/releases/download/v1.1.4.1/cmder_mini.zip
- Update windows environment variable path to point to your php install folder (inside wamp installation dir) (here is how you can do this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17727436/how-to-properly-set-php-environment-variable-to-run-commands-in-git-bash)
cmder will be refered as console
##Mac Os, Ubuntu and windows users continue here:
- Create a database locally named
homestead
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