一、下载 laravel 5.1

composer create-project laravel/laravel=5.1.* laravel5.1_api

新建数据库 laravel5.1_api

修改 .evn 配置文件

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=laravel5.1_api
DB_USERNAME=laravel5.1_api
DB_PASSWORD=laravel5.1_api

修改中国时区，在 config/app.php 中修改

'timezone' => 'PRC',

切换目录

cd laravel5.1_api

二、创建数据

创建 lesson migration

php artisan make:migration create_lessons_table --create=lessons

创建 lesson model

php artisan make:model Lesson

创建 lessson controller

php artisan make:controller LessonsController

修改迁移文件：lessons_table.php

public function up()
{
    Schema::create('lessons', function (Blueprint $table) {
        $table->increments('id');
        $table->string('title');
        $table->text('content');
        $table->boolean('free');
        $table->timestamps();
    });
}

执行数据迁移

php artisan migrate

如果报错

Specified key was too long; max key length is 1000 bytes

问题解决：在 AppServiceProvider 中调用 Schema::defaultStringLength 方法来实现配置：

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;

public function boot()
{
    Schema::defaultStringLength(191);
}

修改：database/factories/ModelFactory.php

$factory->define(App\Lesson::class, function (Faker\Generator $faker) {
    return [
        'title' => $faker->sentence,
        'content' => $faker->paragraph,
        'free' => $faker->boolean(),
    ];
});

进入 tinker

php artisan tinker

创建课程数据

factory('App\Lesson', 60)->create();