1. you need php and composer previously installed on your machine

2. run: composer install to install dependences

3. copy, paste and rename the '.env.example' file to '.env' and change all variables that you need

4. run: php artisan key:generate to generate an base64 key to set into APP_KEY variable into '.env' file

5. run: php artisan serve to run into localhost:8000

done!

1. run: php artisan key:generate --show, copy it and paste into '.env' file into APP_KEY variable

2. set the same APP_KEY key and value into Config Vars on your heroku app

3. connect your github repo into heroku on Deploy tab

4. enable automatic deploys

5. deploy branch master

enjoy!