Install a new site to localhost.
cd to the themes directory and run:
\!h composer create-project roots/sage theme-name
Latest version should install, if not update to at least PHP 7 and try again.
On Mac, you will be prompted to answer a few questions about the theme. Eventually you will be asked which framework you want to use, select option 0 to install no framework, or select the option for the framework you would like to use.
On Windows, you will need to cd to the new theme’s directory, and then run the following 3 commands, 1 at a time. Answer all the prompts to complete the Windows setup (https://discourse.roots.io/t/no-option-prompts-for-composer-sage-install-on-windows/11339/3).
Use PowerShell to run these commands.
\!h ./vendor/bin/sage meta
\!h ./vendor/bin/sage config
\!h ./vendor/bin/sage preset
Again, select option 0 when asked which framework you want to use for no framework, or select the framework you would like.
Open app/setup.php, copy/paste and then update the two lines for enqueuing css and js files. Add the sources for your new framework. Alternatively, add them to the appropriate blade.php files.
Optional – open the file resources/assets/build/webpack.config.js and comment out line 180-183. Stylelint is very strict and could hold you back from working on projects.
Run yarn && yarn build to build the project.
Run yarn start to watch the project.
Cancel the watch (ctrl + c) and then run yarn build to build the main assets folders and files. Yarn start only watches, it doesn’t build at the same time.