Realtime Chat Demo with Laravel 5.4, VueJS, and Pusher

This is just a demo chat app that showcases some of my code base and thought patterns in laravel. This project is by no account a complete project and will be continuously worked on over time.

Development

1. Clone or fork this repository
2. Run composer install
3. Run php artisan key:generate
4. Fill out relevant items in your .env file (Don't forget to change the broadcasting settings to Pusher), including:

• DB_CONNECTION
• PUSHER_APP_ID
• PUSHER_KEY
• PUSHER_SECRET

5. Run npm i
6. Build assets with npm run dev
7. Run php artisan migrate
8. Use php artisan serve or another method to view the app in the browser
9. Optional: Run php artisan dusk to run test