How to Use

Run the following services
php artisan serve
php artisan schedule:work
php artisan queue:work
npm run watch

visit the homepage at localhost:8000 when the scheduler runs, a box will be printed.
when 16 boxes are complete Shuffle/Sort buttons will appear.

To bypass the wait time for schedule
open localhost:8000 and visit localhost:8000/test everytime the test url is run, the box will appear on the homepage.

Use Case #1

A scheduler runs every 2 minutes to schedule and event to create enteries in the database table "boxes", once the entry is created in the db, that data is broadcasted to the frontend. On the frontend I am using Laravel Echo and Inertiajs to connect React with Laravel backend. Once the data reaches the frontend via Laravel Echo, I insert a box on the UI with the data coming from boxes table. Every time the scheduler runs, the boxes double until 16 and then the scheduler stops and sends the email to the user about task completion.

Technical Details

• php composer.phar require inertiajs/inertia-laravel

• composer require laravel/breeze

• php artisan breeze:install react

• npm install

• npm run dev

• composer require tightenco/ziggy

• composer require pusher/pusher-php-server

• create a migration for boxes table php artisan make:migration create_boxes_table

• when using mamp define the DB_SOCKET in .env
  DB_SOCKET=/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock

• composer require symfony/mailgun-mailer symfony/http-client

• composer require guzzlehttp/guzzle

connect to the socket channel on frontend
broadcast an event every 2 minutes to the frontend channel
an event is => create a box every 2 minutes

implementation notes:

• schedule an event for creating a database record
  with width, height, color(random)
• this event will be broadcasted on a public channel
  to the client
• client will receive the data(width, height, color, numberOfBoxes)
  and creates the box/boxes
• Our Event is = create record in the boxes table
• double the amount of inserted records every time
• stop the scheduler when records are 16
• Now create a BoxCreatedEvent and its Listener
• using ShouldBroadcastNow instead of ShouldBroadcast to send the scheduled event
  to default queue/no delays/gets processed instantly/at priority.

Mail

Emails are only being sent via gmail smtp servers. Mailgun is not working. (Its a drivers issue).

Use Case #2

SortBoxes will sort the boxes color-wise red
red
red
blue
blue
.
.
.
ShuffleBoxes will randomize the above.