How to Build a Javascript Chat App

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  • javascript-chat-app

    A Javascript chat app with the integration of CometChat Widget.

  • What you’ll be building, Git Repo Here.

  • http-server

    a simple zero-configuration command-line http server

  • Step 2: The application is using HTML, CSS, Javascript. For this reason, you need to have a simple HTTP server to serve our application. In this case, you will use http-server, you can install the http-server by running the following statement. After installing the http-server package, you just need to “cd” to your project’s directory and run “http-server .”

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    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • javascript-chat-app

    Discontinued A Javascript chat app with the integration of CometChat Widget. [Moved to: https://github.com/cometchat-pro-tutorials/javascript-chat-app] (by hieptl)

  • Inside our Javascript chat app project structure, you need to create a styles.css file inside the “css” folder and paste the codes here. styles.css file will contain all CSS of the application.

  • uuid

    Generate RFC-compliant UUIDs in JavaScript

  • You need to include some third-party libraries such as CometChat Widget, Uuid, Validator, Firebase via CDN because you are building the Javascript chat app. Therefore, npm should not be used here. You need to add those libraries for some reasons:

  • validator.js

    String validation

  • You need to include some third-party libraries such as CometChat Widget, Uuid, Validator, Firebase via CDN because you are building the Javascript chat app. Therefore, npm should not be used here. You need to add those libraries for some reasons:

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    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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