Book Review Website

About

This web application resonates with a basic book review web applicaiton built using Laravel and PHP. This web application denotes my proof-of-work for the purpose of the Coursework 03 in the CSCM48 module of MSc degree.

Tech Stack

• Frontend Stack : Livewire (Component Mgmt System), Bulma CSS (styling), Laravel Blade Template
• Backend: Laravel 10.1.5 & PHP
• Database: MySQL
• Containerization: Docker

Instructions To Setup

• Once you have openend the project (preferrably in VS Code), then open your Terminal.

• Make sure you have php and composer installed on your machine.

• Once above is installed, please run composer install. This will generate vendor folder.

• Open the terminal, type alias sail='./vendor/bin/sail'.

• This will ease the process of using sail everytime you want to perform anything further.

• Copy the contents of .env.example file into a new .env file.

• Next, just type sail up -d.

• Run php artisan migrate. This should populate your database and make tables.

• This will start all the containers that are provided with laravel project in the background.

• In the browser, please navigate to localhost:8500. The website should be up and running.

References Used

• HTML: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML
• Bulma CSS: https://bulma.io/documentation/
• Livewire: https://laravel-livewire.com/docs/2.x/quickstart
• Laravel: https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/readme