Chat Room Code

Don't bother. There are plenty of free chat rooms you can download and use. Why re-invent the wheel? If you're about to say "because I want to do it myself" then get on and do it. A chat room isn't some small project that someone can just post the basic code for in a forum, nor can we "give you an idea". If anyone does try and give you a bit of help, you won't be able to do much with it, or you'd already be writing the code anyway. So that person is now obliged to basically hold your hand through the entire process of getting you to a set of requirements (which you blatantly don't already have) and then implementing them all, which is a lot of work, and not really fair on the poor sucker who was only trying to be helpful

Get some concrete requirements done, think of a design, and get some code written. When you get stuck, then ask for help. If you're "only after a point in the right direction", forget it. Something this large can't just be summed up in a couple of sentences that would be understood by someone who couldn't do it themselves anyway

Sorry to be harsh, but I'm saving you a load of hassle, really. Get started on your own, and the best advice I can give you is - don't try and do it all at once. Break the problem down into lots of smaller ones, and tackle them one at a time

Good luck!

georgemca at 2007-7-29 19:12:06 >

thanks for been straight about it.

irishentrepreneura at 2007-7-29 19:12:06 >

[url] http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Programming-Java-Dummies-Computer/dp/0764588745[/url]

You should start here.

If you are beyond this level then they also have a version that assumes prior programming experience.

maple_shafta at 2007-7-29 19:12:06 >

> thanks for been straight about it.

You're welcome. Thanks for not being an @sshole in return! No, really

If you've got zero Java experience, this is way too much to take on. For a start, it can't be done in core Java alone, so your learning curve has just steepened by about 80 degrees before you even get started. Do you have any coding experience at all?

georgemca at 2007-7-29 19:12:06 >

> > > thanks for been straight about it.

> >

> > You're welcome. Thanks for not being an @sshole in

> > return! No, really

> >

> > If you've got zero Java experience, this is way

> too

> > much to take on. For a start, it can't be done in

> > core Java alone, so your learning curve has just

> > steepened by about 80 degrees before you even get

> > started. Do you have any coding experience at all?

>

> You have peaked my curiosity now... why couldn't a

> chat room be done in pure Java?

>

> How about Java WebStart communicating through a

> Servlet mediator of some kind?

George said CORE Java (bolded above), I don't think WebStart would be required, but you would have to include the Servlet API.

MrPicklesa at 2007-7-29 19:12:06 >