How to use “Font Awesome” with Laravel + Vue.js

I will explain how to introduce font-awesome when using Larabel Mix.
It is necessary to install node.js in advance so that NPM commands can be used.
It is assumed that the Laravel Project already exists.

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Install with NPM command
Add to file “resources/assets/sass/app.scss”
Run “npm run dev”
Modify Blade and Confirmation
Font Awesome Free’s Cheatsheet

Install with NPM command

Install font-awesome-scss using NPM install.

$ npm install font-awesome-scss --save-dev

Add to file “resources/assets/sass/app.scss”

// Fonts
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Nunito');

// Variables
@import 'variables';

// Bootstrap
@import '~bootstrap/scss/bootstrap';

// Font Awesome <- ADD
@import "node_modules/font-awesome-scss/scss/font-awesome.scss"; //<-ADD

Run “npm run dev”

$ npm run dev

Modify Blade and Confirmation

Let’s modify the Blade file to confirm.
As an example I tried to modify as follows.
Please check between {{– ADD Start –}} and {{– ADD End –}}.
“resources/views/layouts/app.blade.php”

<!doctype html>
<html lang="{{ str_replace('_', '-', app()->getLocale()) }}">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

    <!-- CSRF Token -->
    <meta name="csrf-token" content="{{ csrf_token() }}">
    
    <title>{{ config('app.name', 'Laravel') }}</title>

    <!-- Fonts -->
    <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//fonts.gstatic.com">
    <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Nunito" rel="stylesheet">

    <!-- Styles -->
    <link href="{{ asset('css/app.css') }}" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
    <div id="app">
        <nav class="navbar navbar-expand-md navbar-light bg-white shadow-sm">
            <div class="container">
                <a class="navbar-brand" href="{{ url('/') }}">
                    {{ config('app.name', 'Laravel') }}
                </a>
                <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarSupportedContent" aria-controls="navbarSupportedContent" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="{{ __('Toggle navigation') }}">
                    <span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
                </button>

{{-- ADD Start --}}
                <i class="fa fa-plane"></i>
                <i class="fa fa-sort-up"></i>
                <i class="fa fa-sort-down"></i>
                <i class="fa fa-sort"></i>
                <i class="fa fa-exclamation-circle"></i>
                <i class="fa fa-apple"></i>
                <i class="fa fa-aws"></i>
                <i class="fa fa-linux"></i>
                <i class="fa fa-windows"></i>
{{-- ADD End --}}
                <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarSupportedContent">
                    <!-- Left Side Of Navbar -->
                    <ul class="navbar-nav mr-auto">

                    </ul>

                    <!-- Right Side Of Navbar -->
                    <ul class="navbar-nav ml-auto">
                        <!-- Authentication Links -->
                        @guest
                            <li class="nav-item">
                                <a class="nav-link" href="{{ route('login') }}">{{ __('Login') }}</a>
                            </li>
                            @if (Route::has('register'))
                                <li class="nav-item">
                                    <a class="nav-link" href="{{ route('register') }}">{{ __('Register') }}</a>
                                </li>
                            @endif
                        @else
                            <li class="nav-item dropdown">
                                <a id="navbarDropdown" class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="#" role="button" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" v-pre>
                                    {{ Auth::user()->name }} <span class="caret"></span>
                                </a>

                                <div class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-right" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdown">
                                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="{{ route('logout') }}"
                                       onclick="event.preventDefault();
                                                     document.getElementById('logout-form').submit();">
                                        {{ __('Logout') }}
                                    </a>

                                    <form id="logout-form" action="{{ route('logout') }}" method="POST" style="display: none;">
                                        @csrf
                                    </form>
                                </div>
                            </li>
                        @endguest
                    </ul>
                </div>
            </div>
        </nav>

        <main class="py-4">
            @yield('content')
        </main>
    </div>
    <!-- Scripts -->
    <script src="{{ asset('js/app.js') }}" defer></script>
</body>
</html>