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Create a Real-Time Polling App using Twilio Sync and Laravel PHP
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Christopher Vundi
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2,561
Language
English
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Summary
The tutorial covers creating a real-time polling app using Twilio Sync and Laravel PHP, focusing on extending Laravel's default broadcast driver to use Twilio Sync for real-time updates. It involves building a Voting component with Chart.js to visualize poll results, creating a Candidate model and migration, defining routes and controller actions, and implementing event broadcasting with Twilio Sync. The application allows users to cast votes in real-time, and the changes are reflected across multiple browser tabs.