Point me in the right direction.

Networking & Multiplayer
#1

I’m absolutely new to network programming. I understand most of the concepts but don’t know how to actually do anything.

Can you point me towards any good general network programming tutorials?

#2

If you’re already pretty decent with Java programming in general, the O’Reilly book by Elliotte Rusty Harold is pretty good. (It is now in the second edition, so get that one, not the first.)

Willie

#3

java tutes with walkthroughs on how to make some basic stuff in TCP and UDP…
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/networking/
i learned how to make my first chat program and later extended it to be the basis for networking in a chess game.

i should read some more of them too… i still haven’t read about UDP yet…

also, maybe look up NIO. this’s something i should do too so i can’t help you further with that one.

so much to learn… on top of university and work, funny that the stuff i find most interesting is so far useless to my work, and doesnt apply to my study (yet)

#4

[quote]funny that the stuff i find most interesting is so far useless to my work, and doesnt apply to my study (yet)
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It doesn’t change, even when you leave uni and get a job, you end up doing stuff that you know how to do, so it’s not interesting any more, it’s the constant learning thats fun, and most jobs won’t let you do that

#5

Hi
A few links to try

http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~beej/guide/net/html/ it’s about sockets in C, but the information in there will be very very usefull when it comes to using NIO rather than plain IO, and gives you a great base knowladge of networking.

also
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/networking/overview/index.html
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/networking/sockets/index.html
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/networking/datagrams/index.html from the java tutorials here.

HTH

Endolf