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

Resources

• Event broadcasting - Taylor Otwell
• The power of eventing - Jeffrey Way
• Eventing: Behind the scenes - Jeffrey Way
• Socket.io
• NodeJS
• VueJS