New Laravel instalation
1) INSTALL A NEW LARAVEL PROJECT VIA COMPOSER
composer create-project laravel/laravel laraveltest --prefer-dist
1a) if composer needs an update:
/usr/local/bin/composer self-update
2)
<VirtualHost laraveltest.dev>
ServerName laraveltest.dev
DocumentRoot "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/laraveltest/public"
DirectoryIndex index.php
<Directory "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/laraveltest/public">
AllowOverride all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
3) if 500 server error:
chmod -R 777 storage