Goravel Tutorial Part 15: Using Events and Listeners for Task Notifications

This installment of the Goravel series shows how to notify a user when a task is assigned to them, without writing the notification logic inside the request handler. Instead, the task handler dispatches a TaskAssigned event announcing the assignment, and a separate listener is responsible for creating the notification. The listener initially runs within the request and is later moved to a background queue so the request no longer waits for it. The approach lets additional reactions, such as sending an email, be added as new listeners without changing the handler. The article walks through installing the event package in a Goravel app and defining a Notification model storing the recipient, task, message, and read status.