I am beginner in Laravel. In my project I use Laravel 5.8.
I would like to add a chat feature on my site (1 user: 1 user). Can you recommend any ready Laravel packages / components for this?
Build a chat app with Laravel, Vue.js and Pusher. Follow the tutorial https://pusher.com/tutorials/chat-laravel
Clone the project repository by running the command below if you use SSH
git clone git@github.com:ammezie/laravel-chat.git
If you use https, use this instead
git clone https://github.com/ammezie/laravel-chat.git
After cloning,run:
composer install
Duplicate .env.example and rename it .env
Then run:
php artisan key:generate
Prerequisites
Setup Pusher
If you don't have one already, create a free Pusher account at https://pusher.com/signup then login to your dashboard and create an app.
Set the BROADCAST_DRIVER in your .env file to pusher:
BROADCAST_DRIVER=pusher
Then fill in your Pusher app credentials in your .env file:
PUSHER_APP_ID=xxxxxx
PUSHER_APP_KEY=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
PUSHER_APP_SECRET=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER=
Database Migrations
Be sure to fill in your database details in your .env file before running the migrations:
php artisan migrate And finally, start the application:
php artisan serve
and visit http://localhost:8000/ to see the application in action.