yeab-tilahun / chirper

Chirper - A Simple Laravel Application

Chirper is a social media platform built with Laravel, allowing users to post short messages called "chirps."

Features

• User registration and authentication
• Create, read, update, and delete chirps
• User profiles with chirp history
• Email notifications for new chirps

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following installed on your machine:

• PHP (>= 7.4)
• Composer
• Mysql or another database of your choice

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yeab-tilahun/chirper.git

2. Change into the project directory:

    cd chirper

3. Install dependencies:

   composer install

4. Copy the .env.example file to .env and configure your environment variables, including database settings.

   cp .env.example .env

5. Generate an application key:

    php artisan key:generate

6. Run database migrations:

    php artisan migrate

7. Start the development server:

    php artisan serve

8. Visit http://127.0.0.1:8000 in your browser to view the application.