Laravel: Jobs vs Queues vs Workers

Job

Job: A job represents a specific task or unit of work that needs to be executed asynchronously, such as sending an email or processing a file upload. Jobs allow tasks to be delayed or handled in the background without interrupting the main application flow.

Queue

A queue is a storage system that holds jobs until they are processed. Jobs can be grouped into different queues based on their priority or category (e.g., highPriority, mediumPriority, lowPriority), enabling fine-grained control over the order and urgency of job processing.

Worker

A worker is a background process that continuously monitors the queues and processes the jobs. Workers run independently of the main application, ensuring that tasks in the queue are handled efficiently and in the order dictated by queue priorities.