Effortless Drupal Setup for Windows Users: A Laragon Guide

Setting up Drupal on a Windows machine has just become a lot easier, thanks to a handy guide by Perko.Dev, a blog run by Chris J Perko, an Angular developer based out of Florida. According to his manual, Laragon is a highly recommended tool for local PHP development. It simplifies the setup process and offers seamless access to PHP and Composer, all within Laragon's Cmder app.

The blog further notes that Laragon doesn't stop there; it also includes HeidiSQL, a user-friendly MySQL management tool. To get started with Drupal, one must create a user within HeidiSQL. This user will later be used for Drupal's database configuration. Setting the username and password as 'Drupal' can save time during the installation.

Once Laragon is set up, creating a new Drupal project is a breeze. Just use Composer with the command: composer create-project drupal/recommended-project my-site-name. Laragon automatically configures your host file, so your local site will be accessible at my-site-name.test/. For those who prefer a quicker setup, Drush is a fantastic option. After installing Drush and running the setup wizard, one can easily configure their Drupal project using Drush commands. This straightforward process includes defining the database username and password.

Please go through the blog to learn more about having a fresh Drupal installation ready to roll on your Windows machine.