Pusher, FuelPHP & Backbone.js Example Application

Demo of FuelPHP, Backbone.js and Pusher. Demo at http://fuelbbpusher.phpfogapp.com/.

An example application demoing Pusher a realtime web API with FuelPHP on the server and Backbone.js on the client.

• API endpoint at /api/messages implemented in FuelPHP, just for GET and POST requests as the client supports nothing else
• On first load, current messages are 'bootstrapped' into the application to cut down requests
• Backbone provides a seamless UI for creating messages which are added to the list & pushed to the API
• FuelPHP then pushes the message out to all connected clients using Pusher. Each client then adds the new message to their list

Using the FuelPHP Pusher package.

Notable files include:

• Index Controller

• Index View

• Messages API Controller

• Message Model

• Message Observer -> Pusher

• Client-Side