First of all, globally install the Laravel Installer in a command prompt:

composer global require laravel/installer

Laravel Basic Installation

• laravel new app-name
  • [none] No starter kit
  • [0] PHPUnit
  • [y/n] Git repository
  • [mysql] MySQL
• cd app-name
• update .env
• php artisan migrate
• php artisan serve

Laravel Breeze Installation

• laravel new app-name
  • [breeze] Laravel Breeze
  • [blade] Blade with Alpine
  • [y] dark mode support
  • [0] PHPUnit
  • [y/n] Git repository
  • [mysql] MySQL
• cd app-name
• update .env
• php artisan migrate
• npm install && npm run dev
• php artisan serve

Optional Extras

PHP Debugbar

composer require barryvdh/laravel-debugbar --dev