Joe Dixon

Joe Dixon presents Laravel Reverb, a first-party package for real-time WebSocket communication. The talk covers the technical architecture of Reverb, its event loop system, and includes a live demonstration controlling a drone using WebSockets. Dixon explains how Reverb achieves efficient performance through React PHP and demonstrates its scalability through Redis pub/sub channels.

Joe Dixon presents Laravel Reverb, a new websocket server for Laravel applications that enables real-time communication. The talk demonstrates how to implement real-time messaging, typing indicators, and presence detection using Reverb alongside Laravel's existing broadcasting capabilities. The presentation includes a live demonstration building a Slack-like chat interface and highlights Reverb's seamless integration with Laravel Forge and Pulse.