Below is my installation of laravel, that includes the ide helper, codeception, and a simple script to syntax check php

As I pick up new tools using laravel, I'll expand this.

Install composer

mkdir ~/Projects
cd ~/Projects
mkdir ~/Projects/myproject
brew install composer --ignore-dependencies
composer create-project laravel/laravel --prefer-dist LaravelWithExtras
cd LaravelWithExtras

Set up git

git init
git add .
git commit -m "init"

Set up database

cp .env .env.local

vi .env.local
DB_DATABASE=db1
DB_USERNAME=user1
DB_PASSWORD=password1

mysql -u root "CREATE USER 'user1'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password1';"
mysql -u root -e "grant all privileges on *.* to 'user1'@'localhost' identified by 'password1'"
mysql -u root -e "create database db1"

cp .env.local .env

git add .
git commit -m "env"

ide helper

composer require barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper
echo "'Barryvdh\LaravelIdeHelper\IdeHelperServiceProvider'," | pbcopy
vi config/app.php

//Append to providers
ls _ide_helper.php >> .gitignore 

echo '"php artisan ide-helper:generate",' | pbcopy

git commit -m "ide helper"

Install codeception

composer require "codeception/codeception:*"

git add .
git commit -m 'install codeception'

vendor/bin/codecept help bootstrap

git add .
git commit -m 'bootstrap codeception'

vendor/bin/codecept generate:cept acceptance Welcome

echo '
<?php
date_default_timezone_set("UTC");
$I = new AcceptanceTester($scenario);
$I->wantTo("ensure that frontpage works");
$I->amOnPage("/");
$I->see("Laravel");
?>
' >  tests/acceptance/WelcomeCept.php 

Replace `url: 'http://localhost:8000/'` in

vi tests/acceptance.suite.yml

Try out the test

php artisan serve

vendor/bin/codecept run

Extra scripts

Added two scripts, for build checking

ls build/
check_app_syntax	run_all_tests