Laravel with Vue 2 Twitter Clone

This project combines Laravel as the backend framework with an external Vue 2 project for the frontend. Follow the instructions below to set up and run the project.

Prerequisites

PHP (>= 7.2)
Composer
Node.js (>= 10.x)
npm (comes with Node.js)
MySQL or another database of your choice

Getting Started

Clone the repository:

git https://github.com/imsat/x-clone.git

Install Laravel dependencies:
```
composer install
```
Install Laravel dependencies:
```
cp .env.example .env
```

Update the database configuration in the .env file:

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=your_database_host
DB_PORT=your_database_port
DB_DATABASE=your_database_name
DB_USERNAME=your_database_username
DB_PASSWORD=your_database_password

Generate the application key:

php artisan key:generate
php artisan jwt:secret

Run database migrations and seed data:
```
php artisan migrate --seed
```
Install Node.js dependencies for the Vue 2 project:
```
cd frontend
cp .env.example .env
npm install 
```

Running the Application

Run the Laravel development server:
```
php artisan serve 
```

Now copy that server running on url http://127.0.0.1:8000 + /api/v1/ plus add this extra key = http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/v1/

Copy that url and paste this value in frontend .env file in this key "VITE_API_BASE_URL=":
```
cd frontend
cp .env.eample .env
```
Run the Vue 2 development server (in a separate terminal window):
```
cd frontend
npm run dev
```
Access the application in your browser:

Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:5173/. The Laravel backend will serve the Vue 2 frontend.