This is a example about how to use laravel echo with redis and socket.io
It's a simple chatroom application.

clone this project and run follow

$ composer install
$ cp .env.example .env
$ php artisan key:gen
$ npm install -g laravel-echo-server # see https://github.com/tlaverdure/laravel-echo-server

modify your .env file, enter your redis config
use $ laravel-echo-server init init your laravel-echo-server environment.

$ laravel-echo-server start
$ php artisan queue:work # make sure queue working.

open two tabs and go to http://yourproject/chat
enjoy.