Welcome to the course! In this first episode, we set the stage for everything you'll learn about real-time broadcasting with Laravel. If you're new to live events and real-time interaction in Laravel apps, you're in the right place.
We briefly walk through what the course will cover: starting from the basics of setting up a real-time server using Laravel Reverb, to broadcasting events, customizing the data you send, and diving into different channel types—public, private, and presence channels. Plus, we'll touch on client-to-client broadcasting for cases where events shouldn't go directly through Laravel.
By the end of the course, you'll feel comfortable adding real-time features to your own Laravel projects. So let's get things configured and jump into some practical examples!