No longer send room presence with every message

src/connection/XMPP.js

 import { client, xml } from "@xmpp/client"
 import uuid from "uuid"
+import debug from "@xmpp/debug"
 
 export default class XMPPConnection extends EventTarget {
-  async joinChannel(channel) {
+   joinChannel(channel) {
     const channelIdent = `${channel}@conference.xmpp.lets-draw.live/${this.username}`
     const presence = xml(
       "presence",
       { to: channelIdent },
       xml("x", { xmlns: "http://jabber.org/protocol/muc" }),
     )
+ this.sendOrQueue(presence)
+  }
 
+   sendOrQueue(message) {
     if (this.online) {
-      await this.xmpp.send(presence)
+      this.xmpp.send(message)
     } else {
-      this.queue.push(presence)
+      this.queue.push(message)
     }
-  }
+}
 
-  async sendChannelMessage(channel, message) {
+   sendChannelMessage(channel, message) {
     const channelIdent = `${channel}@conference.xmpp.lets-draw.live`
-    const sentmessage = xml(
+    const wrappedMessage = xml(
       "message",
       {
         type: "groupchat",
@@ -28,7 +32,7 @@ export default class XMPPConnection extends EventTarget {
       xml("body", {}, message),
     )
 
-    await this.xmpp.send(sentmessage)
+     this.sendOrQueue(wrappedMessage)
   }
 
   constructor() {
@@ -45,6 +49,19 @@ export default class XMPPConnection extends EventTarget {
       password: "beartest",
     })
 
+    this.xmpp = xmpp
+debug(xmpp, true)
+
+xmpp.on('status', status => {
+  console.debug('🛈', 'status', status)
+})
+xmpp.on('input', input => {
+  console.debug('⮈', input)
+})
+xmpp.on('output', output => {
+  console.debug('⮊', output)
+})
+
     xmpp.on("error", (err) => {
       console.error("❌", err.toString())
     })
@@ -53,7 +70,7 @@ export default class XMPPConnection extends EventTarget {
       this.online = false
     })
 
-    xmpp.on("stanza", async (stanza) => {
+    xmpp.on("stanza", (stanza) => {
       if (stanza.is("message")) {
         this.dispatchEvent(
           new CustomEvent("stanza", {
@@ -77,13 +94,11 @@ export default class XMPPConnection extends EventTarget {
     })
 
     xmpp.start().catch(console.error)
+     this.joinChannel("imperial")
 
-    this.xmpp = xmpp
   }
 
   sneakilySendTheOtherTeamOur(secrets) {
-    this.joinChannel("imperial").then(
-      this.sendChannelMessage("imperial", secrets),
-    )
+      this.sendChannelMessage("imperial", secrets)
   }
 }