In this episode, we dive into setting up queues in Laravel, which is super useful for handling background tasks (like checking endpoints) without slowing down your main application. We start by keeping things simple—using Laravel's database queue driver—so new concepts don't get overwhelming.
You'll see how to create the required database tables for queues using Laravel's built-in artisan commands. After running the migration, we've got a shiny new jobs table where jobs (like our endpoint checks) will get queued up and run in the background.
We also update our .env
file to use the database queue driver instead of the default sync
driver. This ensures things actually run in the background, not just in real time. Finally, we kick off the queue worker, so it's ready to start processing jobs as they get added.
Don't worry, we don't queue any real jobs just yet—that's coming in the next episode! For now, the stage is set with everything ready to handle background tasks, making our app more efficient and scalable.