Im preparing to work on a simple network chat program to chat over a network, somthing along the lines of irc... I was just wondering what I should use to commpunicate over the network (is there and libraries, headers, or source that will help
Im preparing to work on a simple network chat program to chat over a network, somthing along the lines of irc... I was just wondering what I should use to commpunicate over the network (is there and libraries, headers, or source that will help
What OS are you using?
Perhaps this site can help you further.
http://www.codeguru.com/network/index.shtml
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There's a section there about messaging. A part of that section is about an open source chat program.
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Last edited by Shiro; 04-05-2002 at 01:48 PM.
you could use winsock on windows or sockets on unix ..
I assume you are making a client for the Windows operating systems.
I would suggest using Windows Sockets or "winsock". Here are some resources and tutorials:
Windows Socket Network Programming
Developing for the Internet with Winsock: Everything You Need to Master the Art of Creating Windows Internet Software
Johnnie's Winsock Tutorial
Winsock Development Information
I hope that these links are helpful to you SlimDady.
Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things, and I'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.
-Bill Cosby
I'd recommend SDL_net. It's portable.
http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_net/index.html
