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java based chat system

Hi,
I am trying to build a java based chat system, basically i have not done this before and i would like to know from top to bottom what i need to do and how to go about doing it, what tchnology i need to use or if i need a different programming language to program a chat system.
My chat system should have a main window bywhere all the users could chat in a public environment and a private one to one window if they so choose.

As i am a student, this is very important to me as it is the subject of my last year project.
Thank you.

petmagdy

Will You need to build a Chatting server first, I would like u to take a look at an open source chatting engine called jabber, you will find it at:

http://www.jabber.org

It has differnet Server implmentations and different clients thay was working on a Java server implementation

TimYates

Do you mean a web-based chat server? So you can chat using JSP webpages only (no applets)?

Have a look at this: http://www.javazoom.net/jzservlets/jchatbox/jchatbox.html

It should give you some ideas of what is required :-)

Good luck with your project!!

Tim

chris_black23

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Thanks Tim,
Have you done this before? would you like to give me in your own words where to start and the whole picture if you can.
THX

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chris_black23

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Thanks TIM, that helped a lot!!

TimYates

:-)