Sockets

Demo code for implementing Event Broadcasting with Laravel 5.1 and Sockets.io, based on the Taylor Otwell's video.

Requirements

How to setup a project on homestead

Installation

To install this demo, clone the repository, create a new homestead site and run these commands in homestead:

Run composer install
Run npm install
Run node socket.js

There are two routes: / and /event, open them in two different browser tab, reload /event and you will see the web socket in action!

Technologies:

Laravel 5.1
NodeJS
Socket.io
VueJS

Concepts:

Events
Event broadcasting
Web sockets

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