Overview:

The Laravel Mix Boilerplate is a boilerplate designed for building web projects with Laravel Mix. It includes various features for managing CSS, JavaScript, images, fonts, and more. It also offers a web server that allows for real-time file watching, style injection, browser auto-refresh, and cross-device synchronization. The boilerplate also includes Nunjunks templates for demo purposes.

Features:

• CSS: The boilerplate supports Sass compilation and PostCSS transformation, including Tailwindcss with JIT mode and Autoprefixer. It also includes minification and file versioning for cache-busting in production.
• JavaScript: JavaScript files can be minified using Terser and file versioning is supported for cache-busting in production.
• Images: The boilerplate provides functionality for copying and optimizing images using the imagemin library in production.
• Fonts: Fonts can be easily copied using the boilerplate.
• Web server: The boilerplate includes a web server powered by Browsersync, which allows for watching file changes, injecting style, browser auto-refresh, and cross-device synchronization.
• Nunjunks templates: Nunjunks templates are included in the boilerplate for demo purposes.

Installation:

To get started with the Laravel Mix Boilerplate, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository.
2. Install the Node dependencies by running npm install.
3. Use the Mix CLI for various tasks:
   • Compiling in a Local Environment: Run npx mix to compile the assets.
   • Watch Assets for changes: Run npx mix watch to watch for any changes in the assets and automatically compile them.
   • Compiling for production: Run npx mix --production to compile the assets for production, which includes minification and cache-busting.

Summary:

The Laravel Mix Boilerplate is a comprehensive solution for building web projects with Laravel Mix. It provides support for compiling and optimizing CSS, JavaScript, images, and fonts. The inclusion of a web server with real-time file watching and browser synchronization makes development with the boilerplate more efficient. Overall, the Laravel Mix Boilerplate provides a solid foundation for web development with Laravel Mix.