MesApp

This is a basic web-application based messaging app with functionality of personal and group chats. It enables user to chat with registered users and also create groups. Application is developed using Laravel along with MySQL (Eloquent ORM).

Prerequisites

PHP 7.4 and Composer

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt update
sudo apt install php7.4 php7.4-curl php7.4-xml php7.4-mysql php7.4-json php7.4-cli

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php7.4
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

sudo update-alternatives --set php /usr/bin/php7.4

Mysql

sudo apt install mysql-server
sudo systemctl start mysql
sudo systemctl enable mysql
sudo mysql_secure_installation

Running App on local machine

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/vpatel95/MesApp.git && cd MesApp

2. Duplicate the .env.example and rename it .env and fill in your database details

3. Set the BROADCAST_DRIVER in your .env file to pusher:

   BROADCAST_DRIVER=pusher

4. Then fill in your Pusher app credentials in your .env file:

   PUSHER_APP_ID=xxxxxx
   PUSHER_APP_KEY=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
   PUSHER_APP_SECRET=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
   PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER=

5. Run command in terminal

   composer install

6. Build the application CSS and JS

   npm install
   npm run dev

7. Run command in terminal

   php artisan key:generate

8. Create the database in MySQL and run the command in terminal

   php artisan migrate
   
   

9. Finally run the command

   php artisan serve

10. Access the application at http://localhost:8000/