Welcome to the course! In this episode, we’re kicking things off by talking about how to handle more complex notification preferences in Laravel—believe it or not, it can get a bit tricky. I’ll show you how we can set up groups and individual notification settings, all neatly displayed in a dashboard area for your users.

We'll walk through syncing those preferences to the database so everything persists, and I’ll introduce some testing with PEST to make sure things stay solid as you build new features. Once that’s set up, I’ll sprinkle in some finishing touches to polish the experience.

After that, I’ll demo how these saved preferences can be used directly inside your Laravel notification classes. The really cool part? This system is super flexible—you can easily add new notification sections, individual preferences, or even completely new channels (like SMS), directly through the admin panel or database.

In the demo, I show adding SMS as a new notification channel and how users can immediately start using it. Their choices are saved, and when a notification is sent out, the app knows exactly which channels to use based on what the user selected.

By the end of the episode, you'll get a clear idea of how powerful and customizable this approach is to notification preferences in Laravel. Let’s dive into building everything from scratch!