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).

1. Clone the repository

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

2. Run command in terminal

   composer install

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

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

   BROADCAST_DRIVER=pusher

5. 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=

6. Run command in terminal

   php artisan key:generate

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

   php artisan migrate

8. Finally run the command

   php artisan serve

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