如何使用Laravel Homestead进行开发

Question

I know this might sound really silly, but I'm kinda stuck and need help. I'm trying to use Laravel 5.3 and use Homestead as my IDE. I have previously worked on PHP using NetBeans and XAMPP, but the installation has always been a pain. I have no formal training and have learnt and used basic PHP on my own for my webpages.

I'm running a Windows 8-32Bit OS & here's what I've done so far:

• I have downloaded Laravel using Composer.
• I have installed Virtual Box & Vagrant.
• I have installed Git Bash and ran vagrant box add laravel/homestead (Homestead.yaml was not found in my Homestead folder after running bash init.sh command. I downloaded it from Github and added there).
• Set SSH Key.
• Ran vagrant up in Homestead folder (the installation was complete).

Issues:

• If I just type http://localhost:8000 in my browser, nothing happens. I have to run php artisan serve in the command prompt inside laravel directory and keep the prompt window open for the default Laravel 5 page to open.
• If I type http://127.0.0.1:8000 in my browser, nothing happens at all.

So how do I use Homestead then for my development everyday ?

Answer 1

you can try

localhost/project-name/public

if you dont want to run php artisan serve