I'm interested in creating a simple IM using wxWidgets but I'm rather new to rich-client programming (and wx for that matter).
Can anyone give me some advice on what classes to use to accomplish this? I've heard wx has built-in networking support, would that help?
What about the jabber protocol? My app would 100% open-source (Mozilla license) so I'd prefer to use open technologies.
Is there a wx-based IM out there that I might built atop of to get me started?
Thanks!
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API advice - creating an IM
I started a Jabber client called RUThere (http://ruthere.sourceforge.net/) but haven't gotten very far on it.
The library that is uses to talk to Jabber is Iksemel (http://freshmeat.net/projects/iksemel/). Unfortunately, it looks like the site that hosts Iksemel (jabberstudio.org) had a hacker break in so you might not be able to trust a fresh download. If it helps, I have the most recent stable version in the RUThere CVS tree (http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/r ... e/iksemel/) including MinGWStudio project files.
Other successful chat clients written in wxWidgets include BitWise chat (http://www.bitwisechat.com/), Shinkuro (http://www.shinkuro.com/products.php), and TerraIM (http://terraim.sourceforge.net/).
The library that is uses to talk to Jabber is Iksemel (http://freshmeat.net/projects/iksemel/). Unfortunately, it looks like the site that hosts Iksemel (jabberstudio.org) had a hacker break in so you might not be able to trust a fresh download. If it helps, I have the most recent stable version in the RUThere CVS tree (http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/r ... e/iksemel/) including MinGWStudio project files.
Other successful chat clients written in wxWidgets include BitWise chat (http://www.bitwisechat.com/), Shinkuro (http://www.shinkuro.com/products.php), and TerraIM (http://terraim.sourceforge.net/).