In this episode, we focus on displaying our top-level comments nicely on the page. We start by iterating through the comments we have in the database and making sure we only show something if there are actually comments to display.
We work on styling the comments list, adding some basic layout tweaks like spacing and borders so it looks cleaner. To keep things tidy and make our code more manageable, we move the logic for rendering a single comment into its own component. This will help down the line when comments themselves need their own features or interactivity.
We make sure each comment has a unique key so Livewire can keep track of them efficiently, and we pass the individual comment data into its new component. Then, we test out adding some comments and see them show up in the right place.
To make things even better, we order the comments so that the newest ones show up at the top of the list. We also make sure the comment form resets after submitting, so the input clears out, ready for a new comment.
Finally, we polish up the styling for each comment. We add a little design for the user avatar (even though it's just a placeholder for now), display the user's name, and show when the comment was posted in a human-readable way. After all these tweaks, our comments section looks much more alive, and it's ready for further improvements!