1. Create a new Laravel project > composer create-project laravel/laravel learn-policy-and-gate navigate to the project > cd learn-policy-and-gate then open the code editor > code . 2. In code editor, please open the .env file and adjust the database name and password 3. Open the terminal (ctrl + `) then run the migration > php artisan migrate If you don't have the database in your local yet, you'll likely get this kind of warning `The database 'learn_policy_gate' does not exist on the 'mysql' connection.` Choose yes in `Would you like to create it?` section to create the db first The laravel application is ready, do `php artisan serve` and open the given url (http://127.0.0.1:8000) into your browser to verify your app is working perfectly