Not sure if this was corrected in a later version but you mention to bootstrap Codeception into the app directory and then follow it with the manual and automatic approaches to create the first acceptance test but never specify that you must change into the app directory for this to work.
Order as it appears in the book:
1 codecept bootstrap app
2 manually make a file or run codecept generate:cept acceptance Welcome
If the user tries to do these as stated without CDing into app, they will get a codeception error:
[Codeception\Exception\Configuration]
Configuration file is invalid
Since the user is at the Laravel root when following along, I might suggest ensuring they are in the correct app directory when running that #2 command.
Not sure if this was corrected in a later version but you mention to bootstrap Codeception into the app directory and then follow it with the manual and automatic approaches to create the first acceptance test but never specify that you must change into the app directory for this to work.
Order as it appears in the book:
1 codecept bootstrap app
2 manually make a file or run codecept generate:cept acceptance Welcome
If the user tries to do these as stated without CDing into app, they will get a codeception error:
[Codeception\Exception\Configuration]
Configuration file is invalid
Since the user is at the Laravel root when following along, I might suggest ensuring they are in the correct app directory when running that #2 command.