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[rainingmisery]

So I want to program this simple board game that 2 players can program over the internet. Ideally, this program would be downloaded and then maybe enter in an IP address or something to connect to another person and bam....2 player. I figure this would be simpler than creating a web-browser based connection. So is this possible with C++? I'm choosing C++ because I only know Java and C++...or do I need to learn a new language?

Thanks for your help!

[WingedPanther]

WoW, Starcraft, etc are coded in C++. It can be done.

[dargueta]

You'll also need to know socket programming, which is highly platform-dependent. What OS would this run on?

[awazdohamko2004@gmail.com]

well I would suggest you to move on to java for network coding .. its way more easier .. a 10 page code in C wil reduce to 6 page code in java and its way more easier to handle network programing in java .. and lastly java is more reliable for networking programing

[WingedPanther]

C++ and Boost ASIO library will give you cross-platform networking with a consistent code base.

[TkTech]

There is not that much of a difference :| Windows, Linux, and OS X all copy the BSD socket interface. On windows, its usually just a matter of initializing WinSock before going about your business.

[outsid3r]

what board game are u planning to do?

[Chinmoy]

use .NET. It is the easiest and fastest t develop applications on the fly. r create a web application if you can.

[outsid3r]

Chinmoy said:

use .NET. It is the easiest and fastest t develop applications on the fly. r create a web application if you can.

The problem is, .NET isn't free...

[dargueta]

CLR will get you more or less the same results, and it is free.