In this episode, we're focusing on improving the user experience by adding a flash notification that tells users when they've successfully updated product information. Right now, it's not obvious when a product saves, so this little message at the top will help a lot.
We'll start by creating a new alert component—a simple notification that sits up in the corner of the page. We make this global by including it in app.blade.php, so it works everywhere. The component uses Alpine.js (which comes with Laravel Breeze) to handle showing and hiding itself, along with managing its message content.
You'll see how Alpine's x-data, x-show, and x-text attributes let us control when (and with what text) the alert appears. We'll hook this up so that when Livewire fires off a browser event after a successful save, our component listens for it and pops up the notification with the right message.
Next, we make the alert disappear automatically after 2 seconds by using JavaScript's setTimeout, and also add a close button so users can dismiss it manually. Simple tweaks, but they make everything feel way more polished. At the end, you'll see how easy it is to trigger these notifications from anywhere in your app. Give it a try and watch your feedback messages smoothly slide in and out!