/MesApp

This is a basic web-application based messaging app with functionality of personal and group chats. It enables user to chat with registered users and also create groups. Application is developed using Laravel along with MySQL (Eloquent ORM). The searching is powered by ElasticSearch. It is used on the top of Eloqurnt ORM to ensure continuous searching service.

Primary LanguagePHP

MesApp

This is a basic web-application based messaging app with functionality of personal and group chats. It enables user to chat with registered users and also create groups. Application is developed using Laravel along with MySQL (Eloquent ORM).

Running App on local machine

  1. Clone the repository

    git clone https://github.com/vpatel95/MesApp.git && cd MesApp

  2. Run command in terminal

    composer install

  3. Duplicate the .env.example and rename it .env and fill in your database details

  4. Set the BROADCAST_DRIVER in your .env file to pusher:

    BROADCAST_DRIVER=pusher

  5. 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=

  6. Run command in terminal

    php artisan key:generate

  7. Create the database in MySQL and run the command in terminal

    php artisan migrate

  8. Finally run the command

    php artisan serve

  9. Access the application at http://localhost:8000/