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@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ After you have installed PHP and Composer, you may create a new Laravel project
 composer create-project laravel/laravel example-app
 ```
 
+Or, you may create new Laravel projects by globally installing [the Laravel installer](https://github.com/laravel/installer) via Composer:
+
+```nothing
+composer global require laravel/installer
+
+laravel new example-app
+```
+
 Once the project has been created, start Laravel's local development server using Laravel Artisan's `serve` command:
 
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