Quick Start for Laravel on Homestead

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Assumes Homestead 2.x

Start Homestead
SSH to Vagrant
Create new directory in code directory
cd to new directory
run composer create-project laravel/laravel --prefer-dist .
Update Homestead Yaml (be sure to add to aliases array)
Update HOSTS file
Run vagrant reload --provision


Update Composer.json with any additional info/packages and run install

GIT INFO

Run git init in project root
Add any existing files and commit
Create repo on GitHub
Run following on command line:
    git remote add origin https://github.com/<git account name>/<repo name.git>
    git push -u origin master

Be sure to add and commit a readme.md file

Artisan/Laravel Stuff

Update Application Name/Namespace -- php artisan app:name <APP NAME HERE>
Set Key -- php artisan key:generate