A super powerful Livewire pattern

Hey friends,

I just had one of those moments where I realized I've been writing Livewire components in a style that not many are aware of.

This technique lets me build real-time interactive interfaces with fewer network round-trips while still getting all that good Livewire juice.

Check out the new Flux theme page to see an example of what I'm talking about

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Alright here it is in a one code screenshot:

Notice how there are three distinct sections to this single Volt component?

  1. The backend part (everything inside <?php )
  2. The template (<div>...</div>)
  3. Some JavaScript (@script)

Whether you use Volt or not, the point I want to make is that third bit:

You can do all sorts of powerful things inside Livewire's @script directive.

I imagine you are already familiar with Livewire's $wire object, but here's a screenshot reminder:

Most `wire:` attributes are just syntax sugar around Alpine + $wire.

Just to drive the point home, here is an example of the same component but without any Livewire or Alpine templating at all!

I could go on and on about the crazy things you can do inside @script with $wire, but I'll leave the rest to your tinkering.

Check out the reference documentation for $wire for more goodies

Hope this sparks some ideas for optimizing your Livewire components—fewer network round-trips, snappier interactions. Let's goooooooo.

Enjoy!

-Caleb

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