1. Identify the primary programming language used in your application.
The main language that will be used in this program is HTML, with some PHP
and to make it look nice I will use CSS
2. Is your language compiled or interpreted?
HTML: It is neither compiled or interpereted. It is a "markup language." It represents some data
PHP: It is an interpreter, however it is compiled down to an intermediate bytecode that is then interpreted into runtime engine
CSS: It is interpreted in the browser side, but techinically it in neither as well.
3. Identify the underlying components of communication that will be used our application
High-level...
- Sender: sends words produced by sender to someone else(in the flowchart it would be within the "Enter Message")
- Channel: its the way in which the message travels (in the case of the flowchart it would be within "Send & Process")
- Reciever: recieves message from sender(in the flowchart it would be in the "Display" portion)
Low-Level...
I will be using a setInterval([update a log], 3000), this will retrieve and display messages every 3 seconds.
4. Waiting...
As far as my program will go, I will not have it to where a reciever has to wait to send a message from the sender. I will incorporate an interval to retrieve messages every 3 seconds. With this the messages will be retrieved and updated to the chat log.