We are seeking a skilled Laravel developer to enhance an existing Pusher-powered messaging application. The primary focus will be on improving the user experience and adding key features.

Responsibilities:

Pusher Integration:

• Seamlessly integrate Pusher into the application for real-time message delivery and updates.
• Ensure efficient and reliable message broadcasting and subscription mechanisms.

Message Tone Implementation:

• Develop a feature that plays a distinct audio notification whenever a new message is received.
• Allow users to easily enable/disable this notification sound.

Chatting Experience Enhancement:

• Implement features to improve the overall chat experience, such as:
• Improved UI/UX: Enhance the visual appeal and user-friendliness of the chat interface.
• Read Receipts: Implement read receipts to indicate when messages have been read by recipients.
• Typing Indicators: Display typing indicators to show when other users are actively composing messages.
• File/Image Sharing: Integrate file and image sharing capabilities within the chat.

URL Preview:

• Automatically extract and display previews of URLs shared within chat messages. This includes:
• Title of the webpage
• Short description
• Image (if available)

Testing and Debugging:

Thoroughly test all implemented features to ensure they function correctly and without errors.

Debug and resolve any issues that arise during development and testing.

Documentation:

Maintain clear and concise documentation of all code changes and implemented features.

Collaboration will primarily occur through CodeWithMe within the PHPSTORM IDE. Access will be granted during standard business hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM