Ignore the node modules directory so that repo size isn't too large

node_modules/*

Borders cause a lot of issues in readability for mobile. Reduce side borders to a ratio would fix unequal display.

The chat ids are current;y an arbitrary length (usually 10 to 11) and need to be standardized.

For this example, I'm turning it into a 6 digit code.

Math.random().toString(36).slice(2).substring(0, 6)

Everything up to the substring method is already there, but here are the elements explained one by one:

Math.random()

This gets a random number between 0 and 1
ex: 0.435234525624562466362564356345634645634563456345634563456215251362738869824630985698698958257856856789856378563987569856782867287598257828567867398212931472831435911847159876534507240357263487568674685648567857598788752757856856785467246725756367676754671436547547566767143671436767567856786579879865432323456786666857843278462356928735645675678567745676864324524513412341345234245656858909676251231523625266736773673... :)

toString(36)

This method turns the number into a string, but not before using radix 36 to turn it into a alphanumeric string.

slice(2)

This takes the 0 and the . off of the beginning of the string.

substring(0, 6)

This method cuts the string from index 0 with a length of 6, essentially making it from a long string into 6 digits.

There is too much spamming!

This is not technically a problem right now, but it could become one when mongoDB is integrated.

Users can submit blank lines

This is a major problem because they can then simply hold down enter to spam.

Disable pasting

This might help the anti-spam initiative :)

Add admin disconnect option

Add an event emitter and listener to make all clients disconnect. This could be useful, but would not be very effective in anything permanent. Perhaps add a username based option, make it like kicking the user. This would obvious require a lot of authentication and stuff.

Possible other solutions

• Timeout on message send
• Fake timeout on message send
• more in comments

Write better auto scroll functions for both the on message and on input focus elements.

This can be done with the JQuery plugin scrollTo

here is a link to the github page of said plugin

here is a SO question that pertains

here is a link to a site claiming to do it without a plugin

Use express static file serve

Socket.io, though defaulting to silence, has a debug property. Here is a link to a socket.io page explaining it.

Code

<script>
    localStorage.debug = '*';
</script>

Connecting to multiple chats causes you to send messages to all connected chats. Details to come.

Cannot authenticate through anonymous auth like normal. I haven't changed anything since I last tested this, and anon-auth is turned on in the Stitch Admin Console.

clientPromise.then(client => {
  db = client.service("mongodb", "mongodb-atlas").db("Chats");
  client
    .login()
    .then(() => ...

.login()

This is the line that seems to be tripping up. This is the default function for anonymous authentication, and it was working until now.