Instant Messanger Protocol In Python

punkrockguy318 · 2006-03-05 04:04:37

Hey all you fellow Archers!! This week I decided to program something sweet, that would make me cool. :-P
I put three nights or so into this program. This is my first attempt at a real python program, a gtk2 program, an object oriented program, and my first network program, ever. So cut me a little slack! Would some of you python guys take a look at it and see what is cool and what sucks? I'm not really planning to make a real IM replacement, as AIM is all anyone around here uses, and Jabber is the Linux of IM... I just did this project as a learning experience.

Here's the source: http://punkrockguy318.no-ip.org/nimc-0.0.1.tar.gz

There are a couple known problems. I'll just get them out of the way right here:
* Logout. If you don't logout, you will be forever online.
* No status messages. You won't really be notified if your receipient isn't online or whatever
* Not beautiful. Remember, I did this in three nights so the interface doesn't have much love, and there aren't enough comments.
* I found out that the open/close every request thing wasn't the greatest. A telnet like solution would be better (keep all connections open)

Could you guys give me your opinions? Thank you!

punkrockguy318 · 2006-03-06 02:39:07

Hey! i worked on this today and fixed a lot of things... if anyones interested...

http://punkrockguy318.no-ip.org/NIMC-0.0.3.tar.gz

This fixed the first three points on the other post. You wlil be logged out if your client crashes, you will be notified when people aren't online, and, it's not AS ugly now.

postlogic · 2006-03-06 11:39:40

We need screenshots!

_Gandalf_ · 2006-03-06 11:41:51

Nice one i like it, thx this may be the first thing i'll read in my python lessons

BTW isn't this topic a General Programming Forum topic ??

jaboua · 2006-03-06 14:16:03

The connection was refused when I tried to download the source

punkrockguy318 · 2006-03-06 20:07:03

jaboua wrote:

The connection was refused when I tried to download the source

Give it a shot now! Sometimes during mornings on the east coasts my server will be down.

punkrockguy318 · 2006-03-06 20:16:59

Screenshots:
http://punkrockguy318.no-ip.org/nimcshots

Again, be patient with the server, it will be down every now and then.

I'm thinking about redoing the interface.. Instead of having a lobby window, having the lobby functions in a system try icon... That would make more sense. I juse need to learn how to do that...

(try to hold off your flames on my operating system...)

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Instant Messanger Protocol In Python

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