Add First Party Package Installation to Laravel New

[blakedeckard]

Proposal: Add First-Party Package Installation to the laravel new Installer

I often find myself starting a new Laravel project and immediately running composer require for common first-party packages like Cashier and Boost. To improve the developer experience and streamline the initial setup process, I'd like to propose extending the laravel new installer with an option to select and install these packages from the start.

This would be a great quality-of-life improvement, saving time and reducing repetitive initial setup commands.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Would be happy to give it a go, wanted to clarify if it would be accepted if developed.

Proposed Solution

The idea is to add a new interactive, multi-select prompt to the installer, consistent with the existing prompts for starter kits and testing frameworks. This would allow developers to choose one or more first-party packages to be installed and configured right away.

Here's a mock-up of how it could look in the terminal:

blake@Thinkpad-P16s:~$ laravel new

   _                               _
  | |                             | |
  | |     __ _ _ __ __ ___   _____| |
  | |    / _` |  __/ _` \ \ / / _ \ |
  | |___| (_| | | | (_| |\ V /  __/ |
  |______\__,_|_|  \__,_| \_/ \___|_|


 ┌ What is the name of your project? ───────────────────────────┐
 │ ProjectName                                                  │
 └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

 ┌ Which starter kit would you like to install? ────────────────┐
 │ React                                                        │
 └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

 ┌ Which authentication provider do you prefer? ────────────────┐
 │ Laravel's built-in authentication                            │
 └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

 ┌ Which testing framework do you prefer? ──────────────────────┐
 │ Pest                                                         │
 └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

 ┌ Which first-party packages would you like to install? ───────┐
 │ › ⦿ Cashier (Stripe)                                        │
 │   ◯ Horizon                                                 │
 │   ◯ Telescope                                               │
 │                                                              │
 │   Press <space> to select.                                   │
 └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘