Installing WAVE is a nightmare :(

[JKFlask]

Hi Guys,

Johnson is my name :)

I discovered Devdojo after a conversation around scaling a webapp quickly. Downloaded HERD and installed - fine. Downloaded WAVE...launch HERD....Link existing WAVE project.....Point it to downloaded and unzipped folder with WAVE. Launch app.test shows a blank screen.

Tried on another PC with a fresh install of Windows - same issue.

LOGS - [2025-05-01 05:21:43] local.ERROR: Error connecting to database: Database file at path [C:\Users\PC\Desktop\Root\database\database.sqlite] does not exist. Ensure this is an absolute path to the database.

Databse exists and is accessable.

Remove HERD, remove .config, remove all signs and re-install....

Same problem.

Got another tech to test....same problem.

Im at a loss to even evaluate if this will work for our solution and any thoughts or feedback appreciated.

Not scaling very quickly ;)

Kind regards

Johnson

[bobbyiliev]

Hey Johnson!

By default, Wave uses SQLite, and that error means Laravel can't find the SQLite file. Here's how to fix it:

1. In your Wave project folder, create the database file:

   touch database/database.sqlite

2. Open your .env file and set:

   DB_CONNECTION=sqlite
   DB_DATABASE=/absolute/path/to/your/project/database/database.sqlite
   

   (Make sure it's the full absolute path.)

3. Then run:

   php artisan migrate --seed

You should now see the login page instead of a blank screen.

Let me know how it goes!

[JKFlask]

Thanks Bobby, great to have your input, Heres a bit of detail and have included the log aswell :)

When installing thedevdojo-wave-f0acc0e via HERD the database was created successfully :) I verfied this by looking in the database folder, I then checked PHP and NODE and all running fine, I then tried to "add the existing" project again and had the same outcome - maybe that was incorrect?

I thought ok lets just build a new project and at least see if I can get that showing in the browser - yep :) progress

I then removed HERD completely including the config folder - restarted and re-installed. Went through the process again of adding thedevdojo-wave-f0acc0e and this time got the install screen in the browser after it had installed, i clicked install and then instantly got the view your new platform button and boom - ok can now view the default anchor theme - great....or so i thought :)

I then navigated to themes and went about adding the COVE theme - very nice theme :) I applied it and assumed after a restart the new theme would be applied but now i get Illuminate \ Foundation \ ViteExceptionPHP 8.4.6\11.44.0\Unable to locate file in Vite manifest: resources/themes/cove/assets/css/app.css. I checked PHP and ok - NODE JS now gives me a screen saying it doesnt look like im using the version shipped with HERD....this is probably why the new error occurs.

I have included the logs from my battle today and really appreciate you taking the time.

What was supposed to be a simple journey to evaluate a highly rated framework has turned into a bit of a battle unfortunately.

Is Windows just shit for PHP Dev? Should I be running a Linux machine? (Im a Python guy but trying to work out how to scale my flask app for prod hence this journey)

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