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HTML

              
                .container
  .row
    .col.msg-window-container
      #msgWindow.card
        .card-header
          span.card-title Chat with Customer Support Agent
        .card-body#msgs
          .msg.to
            | Hello! How can I assist you today?
        .card-footer
          .input-group#msgForm(data-sender="me")
            input.form-control(type="text",placeholder="Type message and hit [Enter] to send.")
            .input-group-append
              button.btn.btn-outline-secondary(type="button") Send
        
              
            
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CSS

              
                #msgWindow {
  margin-top: 20px;
}
#msgs {
  margin: 0px 25px;
  min-height: 200px;
  display: flex;
  flex-flow: column nowrap;
  justify-content: flex-end;
  align-items: flex-start;
}
$msg-border: 1px solid silver;
.msg {
  margin: 5px 0;
  border: $msg-border;
  padding: 3px 7px;
  display: inline-block;
  position: relative;
  border-radius: 10px;
  &::before, &::after {
    content: ''; display: inline-block; bottom: 0;
    position: absolute; border: $msg-border;
  }
  &::before {
    right: -20px;
    width: 15px; height: 15px;
    border-radius: 10px;
  }
  &::after {
    right: -35px;
    width: 10px; height: 10px;
    border-radius: 5px;
  }
  &.from {
    align-self: flex-end;
  }
  &.to {
    align-self: flex-start;
    &::before {
      right: inherit;
      left: -20px;
    }
    &::after {
      right: inherit;
      left: -35px;
    }
  }
  &.typing {
    color: silver;
  }
}
#msgForm {
  input,button {
    &:focus {
      box-shadow: none;
    }
  }
}
              
            
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JS

              
                // Normal Brain: Designing a cool lil chat widget in CSS with some time between projects.
// Big Brain: Make a functional jQuery form submit and simulate a response.
// Galactic Brain: Do it in React.
// Multiversal Brain: Make a React Native chat app.

// Version: Big Brain, but with a headache.
// Headache: Needed to include babel polyfill to work with Promises.
$(function(){
  
  // Define some elements from the DOM and utility methods.
  let $form = $("#msgForm"),
      $newMsg = $form.find("input"),
      $sendBtn = $form.find("button"),
      $feed = $("#msgs"),
      _wait = ms => new Promise((r, j)=>setTimeout(r, ms)), // See [0]
      _secs = (a,b) => Math.floor(Math.random() * (b - a + 1)) + a;
  
  // Define our send method.
  var _send = data => {
    // Send data to a new .msg
    let $msg = $('<div class="msg"></div>'),
        {sender, typing} = data;
    if (sender !== "me") {
      $msg.addClass("to");
    } else {
      $msg.addClass("from");
    }
    $msg.text( data.msg );
    if (typing) $msg.addClass("typing");
    $msg.appendTo($feed);
    // If sending was successful, clear the text field.
    $newMsg.val("");
    // And simulate a reply from our agent.
    if (sender === "me") setTimeout(_agentReply,1000);
    if (typing) return $msg; // ref to new DOM .msg
  };

  
  
  var _agentReply = () => {
    // After a few seconds, the agent starts to type a message.
    let waitAfew = _wait( _secs(3000,5000) ),
        showAgentTyping = async () => {
          console.log("agent is typing...");
          // Let the user know the agent is typing
          let $agentMsg = _send({msg:"Agent is typing...",typing:true,sender:false});
          // and in a few seconds show the typed message.
          waitAfew.then(() => {
            // @TODO: Simulate actual typing by removing the typing message when the agent isn't typing, and before the agent sends the typed message. Also allow typing to continue a number of times with breaks in between.
            $agentMsg.text("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.");
            $agentMsg.removeClass("typing");
          });
          
        };
    waitAfew.then(showAgentTyping());
  };
  
  // Define event handlers: Hitting Enter or Send should send the form.
  $newMsg.on("keypress",function(e){
    // @TODO: Allow [mod] + [enter] to expand field & insert a <BR>
    if(e.which === 13) {
      // Stop the prop
      e.stopPropagation(); e.preventDefault();
      // Wrap the msg and send!
      let theEnvelope = {
        msg: $newMsg.val(),
        sender: "me"
      }
      return _send(theEnvelope);
    } else {
      // goggles
    }
  });
  $sendBtn.on("click", function(e){
    // Stop the prop
    e.stopPropagation(); e.preventDefault();
    // Wrap the msg and send!
    let theEnvelope = {
      msg: $newMsg.val(),
      sender: "me"
    }
    return _send(theEnvelope);
  });
});

/**
 * Roadmap / TODO / Bugs to be fixed
 *
 * 1) add max-height and overflow scrolling.
 * 2) add debounce/throttle to agent reply, so that when the user sends a new message before the agent has replied it wont create a new agent reply process. [big brain version only]
 *
 */

/**
 * Credits
 *
 * [0] wait() method from: https://hackernoon.com/lets-make-a-javascript-wait-function-fa3a2eb88f11
 *
 */
              
            
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