2 posts tagged with "Websockets"

Real-time features are no longer a “nice to have.” Dashboards, notifications, live metrics, and collaborative tools are now expected behaviors in modern applications.

As Laravel developers, we’re in a great position: the ecosystem offers first-class support for WebSockets through Laravel Echo and Reverb. Still, many tutorials stop at theory or overused chat examples.

In this Laravel WebSockets tutorial, I want to share a practical, production-adjacent example: a real-time dashboard that updates totals instantly, without polling, using Echo and Reverb.

This is a hands-on guide aimed at developers who want to understand how WebSockets actually work in Laravel, not just copy-paste code.

Real-time features are no longer optional. But for Laravel devs, WebSockets are still harder than they should be. This post breaks down why WebSockets matter more than ever, where most implementations fail, and how Ressonance makes it effortless to use Laravel Notifications in real-time — with no Redis, no Echo, and no config headaches.