Real-Time Private Channel Notifications in Vue 3 with Laravel Echo and Pusher

In today's fast-paced web applications, real-time notifications have become essential for providing users with immediate updates and enhancing their overall experience. In this comprehensive guide, I'll walk you through creating a real-time notification system using Vue 3's Composition API, Laravel Echo, and Pusher. The implementation we'll cover includes a complete notification system with features like: Connection management with automatic reconnection Persistent subscriptions that survive page refreshes Notification state management Elegant UI components for displaying notifications Browser notifications support Table of Contents Prerequisites Understanding the Architecture Setting Up Laravel Echo Creating a Notification Service Building the Notification Store UI Components for Notifications Integrating with Authentication Testing and Debugging Best Practices Conclusion Prerequisites Before we start building, you'll need: A Vue 3 project using Composition API A Laravel backend with Laravel Reverb and Laravel Echo Server set up Basic knowledge of WebSockets and event broadcasting Once you have all of the above, we can start digging in

May 4, 2025 - 14:24

Real-Time Private Channel Notifications in Vue 3 with Laravel Echo and Pusher

In today's fast-paced web applications, real-time notifications have become essential for providing users with immediate updates and enhancing their overall experience. In this comprehensive guide, I'll walk you through creating a real-time notification system using Vue 3's Composition API, Laravel Echo, and Pusher.

The implementation we'll cover includes a complete notification system with features like:

Connection management with automatic reconnection
Persistent subscriptions that survive page refreshes
Notification state management
Elegant UI components for displaying notifications
Browser notifications support

Prerequisites
Understanding the Architecture
Setting Up Laravel Echo
Creating a Notification Service
Building the Notification Store
UI Components for Notifications
Integrating with Authentication
Testing and Debugging
Best Practices
Conclusion

Prerequisites

Before we start building, you'll need:

A Vue 3 project using Composition API
A Laravel backend with Laravel Reverb and Laravel Echo Server set up
Basic knowledge of WebSockets and event broadcasting

Once you have all of the above, we can start digging in