Download and Install XAMPP

Add XAMPP/php to PATH

Open a terminal and then type command below to verify php is installed and added to PATH

php --version

Download and Install Composer

Make sure to Add to PATH when asked

Open a terminal and then type command below to verify composer is installed and added to PATH

composer --version

Download and install nvm for windows. Pick the latest nvm-setup.exe

Make sure to Add to PATH when asked

Open a terminal and then type this command to install latest Node LTS

nvm install lts
nvm use lts

Make sure to node and npm is installed

node --version
npm --version

Use this command to create the project, replace example-app with your project name

composer create-project laravel/laravel example-app

Run this command to serve laravel project

php artisan serve

Install Laravel Breeze, you can choose the stack of your preference. Up to you which stack: Blade template for the frontend, or Inertia with React/Vue or you can also choose Livewire

php artisan breeze:install

Run migration

php artisan migrate

Install node dependecies (for Inertia with React or Vue)

npm install

Compile frontend assests

npm run dev