Simplest way to get Laravel "Hello World" going? - laravel

Question

I have programmed in PHP for many years, but it was before frameworks like Laravel. I am trying to understand Laravel now.
Can someone point me to something that explains the simplest possible way to get a Laravel "Hello World" app running. I know how to use composer. I have a Linux shared hosting account I can use for this.
I'd appreciate if someone could explain how I can get a simple Laravel example up and running, without having to install a ton of stuff on my PC.
Thanks.

Answer 1

Using composer download the latest version of laravel. Documentation is available at https://laravel.com/docs/5.8
composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel hello
After that go to that directory
cd hello
and run this command
php artisan server
Now open the browser and go to http://127.0.0.1:8000/
You will get a basic page that says Laravel and some links
Open hello with your code editor and open this file resources/views/welcome.blade.php
Write some content on the page and check http://127.0.0.1:8000/
You can watch the https://laracasts.com/series/laravel-from-scratch-2018 to get a basic idea.
(Optional) If you are in windows you can use https://laragon.org/ in that the installation is pretty easy.
To run this app on shared hosting.
First,
1) Create a folder Application on your file manager
2) Upload files to that folder. (Laravel files, installed via composer)
3) Move public folder files to /public_html/ if you want the site in root domain
4) open index.php file and edit these lines
require __DIR__.'/Application/vendor/autoload.php';
....
$app = require_once __DIR__.'/Application/bootstrap/app.php';