What is this?
Livewire is a full-stack framework for Laravel for building dynamic UI components. The idea is that you write the interactivity in PHP instead of switching to JavaScript.
Livewire is a full-stack framework for Laravel for building dynamic UI components. The idea is that you write the interactivity in PHP instead of switching to JavaScript.Is it a standalone app, or something I add to my existing Laravel project?It is a framework that lives inside a Laravel app: you add it to a Laravel project and write dynamic UI components on top of it. It is not a separate service or tool you run on its own.
It is a framework that lives inside a Laravel app: you add it to a Laravel project and write dynamic UI components on top of it. It is not a separate service or tool you run on its own.How do I get it installed?Install steps are in the official documentation on the Livewire website — the README has no install command. Working on Livewire itself starts with installing the PHP and JS dependencies plus ChromeDriver.
Install steps are in the official documentation on the Livewire website — the README has no install command. Working on Livewire itself starts with installing the PHP and JS dependencies plus ChromeDriver.Do I need to know JavaScript to use it?No — that is the whole pitch: you build dynamic UI components while staying in PHP. The client-side part is handled by the framework itself.
No — that is the whole pitch: you build dynamic UI components while staying in PHP. The client-side part is handled by the framework itself.What actually powers the interactivity in the browser?Livewire ships a JavaScript runtime built around Alpine.js — the repo bundles alpinejs plus @alpinejs plugins such as morph, focus, intersect, collapse and persist.
Livewire ships a JavaScript runtime built around Alpine.js — the repo bundles alpinejs plus @alpinejs plugins such as morph, focus, intersect, collapse and persist.How is Livewire itself developed and tested?Local dev installs PHP and JS dependencies and sets up ChromeDriver; JS tests run on vitest and browser tests use ChromeDriver. CI workflows cover pull requests and the 4.x branch, and JS assets are rebuilt with npm run build.
Local dev installs PHP and JS dependencies and sets up ChromeDriver; JS tests run on vitest and browser tests use ChromeDriver. CI workflows cover pull requests and the 4.x branch, and JS assets are rebuilt with npm run build.How established is the project?It is part of the Laravel ecosystem with docs on the official Livewire website, has been open source under MIT since February 2019, and has about 23.6k stars on GitHub.
It is part of the Laravel ecosystem with docs on the official Livewire website, has been open source under MIT since February 2019, and has about 23.6k stars on GitHub.Which topics is it in?fullstack, laravel, components, web-framework, php, ui-components, testing, backend, ui, web-development, framework, npm
fullstack, laravel, components, web-framework, php, ui-components, testing, backend, ui, web-development, framework, npm