To use the application following are the steps :

1. Install dependencies using :

composer install

2. Create the .env file from the example file

cp .env.example .env

3. Open the .env file and change the database configuration to the following

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=mysql
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=your-project-name
DB_USERNAME=username
DB_PASSWORD=password

4. Open a new terminal tab to generate application key

php artisan key:generate

5. Migrate database tables

php artisan migrate