This is a laravel project with a vue.js frontend.

0. setup env

• copy .env.example to .env

1. install all composer dependencies

• composer install

2. install all npm dependencies

• npm install

3. migrate everything

• php artisan migrate

4. init vue-beautiful chat

• git submodule sync --recursive
• git submodule update --init --recursive

5. install dependencies

• cd resources/vue-beautiful-chat
• npm install

6. build frontend

• cd ../../
• npm run dev

7. setup laravel echo server

• npm install -g laravel-echo-server
• laravel-echo-server init
• Newly created laravel-echo-server.json might need some adjustments
• Start server laravel-echo-server start

7.1 set .env vars

BROADCAST_DRIVER=redis QUEUE_DRIVER=redis CACHE_DRIVER=file QUEUE_CONNECTION=redis SESSION_DRIVER=file SESSION_LIFETIME=120

7.2 start queue

• php artisan queue:listen

8. Seed Database with basic Users

• php artisan db:seed --class=UserSeeder
• This will generate 3 Users:
• All of them will have the password "admin"
• 1.) User: [email protected] | Role: Admin
• 2.) User: [email protected] | Role: Student
• 3.) User: [email protected] | Role: Team