laravel composer

1composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel blog "6.*"

11. composer create-project laravel/laravel example-app
22. cd example-app
33. php artisan serve

1composer global require laravel/installer
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3laravel new example-app
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5php artisan serve

1// To install and use a specific version, you can enter it at the end of the command.
2// For example using version 5.8 ==>
3composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel projectName "5.8.*"

1composer global require laravel/installer 
2laravel new blog

1Before starting this hope you installed composer dependancy manager for PHP.
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3So if you want to create a project by name of 'first_laravel_app' in directory C:/xampp/htdocs/ then what you need to do is
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5Locate your project parent directory using cmd
6>cd c:/xampp/htdocs
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8and fire this command 
9>composer create-project laravel/laravel first_laravel_app --prefer-dist
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11And its done, this is really easy and it also creates Application Key automatically for you.
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13# I hope it will help you.
14# Namaste