Need Help With A Program (n00b) At Turing.

[stanley_fu]

Hi, Right Now I Am In Grade 10 Enginneering Class. I Had Experience With Vb In Computer Science Last Sem.
Now I Want To Make A Chat Program.
Specs Needed:
-GUI Simple OR Advance
-Multi Client Support
-Separate Server Client (Server Only Host)
Altenate Just Use Server + Client Together
-Password Protected
-A List Of Users On Side (IRC)

I'm Just Asking If This Would Be That Hard And Long Will This Take.
Again My Friend And I Just Started This But Have Knowledge Of VB And VERY VERY Fast Learners.

Also, Our School Has 4.0.3 and Don't Have S-Engine.
We Need To Test At School And Make It Work For A Mark.
I Know It Is A Fact That Chat Program On TURING Will Work At Our School As Long As There Is No .EXE Involved.

[[Gandalf]]

Welcome to compsci.ca!

How long a chat program like this will take to create really depends on your previous knowledge, how fast a learner you really are, how long you are willing to work on this, and many many other factors. Either way, though, you should be prepared to embark on quite a long journey to accomplish your goals. The best place to get started would be the Turing Walkthrough, paying close attention to Net module commands. Certain sections, like implementing the IRC protocol might require some more specific research outside of compsci.ca. You may also look to the compsci.ca IRC channel for assistance (irc.compsci.ca #compsci.ca or irc.afternet.org #compsci.ca). Good luck!

P.S. Is it really neccessary to type the first letter of each word in capital? The first letter of each sentence would suffice.

[stanley_fu]

[Gandalf] wrote:

Welcome to compsci.ca!

How long a chat program like this will take to create really depends on your previous knowledge, how fast a learner you really are, how long you are willing to work on this, and many many other factors. Either way, though, you should be prepared to embark on quite a long journey to accomplish your goals. The best place to get started would be the Turing Walkthrough, paying close attention to Net module commands. Certain sections, like implementing the IRC protocol might require some more specific research outside of compsci.ca. You may also look to the compsci.ca IRC channel for assistance (irc.compsci.ca #compsci.ca or irc.afternet.org #compsci.ca). Good luck!

P.S. Is it really neccessary to type the first letter of each word in capital? The first letter of each sentence would suffice.

Thankz for answering.
The Thing Is We Are Willing To Work A Long Time. (As Long As It Is Finished Before Report Cards or This Unit Finishes).
As For Fast Learner, We Are Pretty Much VERY VERY FAST.
Just Using One Period Without Help From Teacher We Read The Whole Tutorial On Turing And Got Most The Stuff On It (SIMILAR TO VB)

[[Gandalf]]

You read everything in the Turing Walkthrough in under two hours!?! How about you try to understand it now... Or is this some other tutorial? There is much, much to learn in compsci.ca's Turing Walkthrough.

[Delos]

Let's give them the benefit of the doubt...after all, they do seem to be quite adept at typing it Title Case....
Anyway, you may notice in some of the tuts there are practice questions. We'd like you to quote these questions, then post your solutions to them - this will give us a great idea of just far you've progressed in this short period of time.
If you can't find too many, also try these quick ones on for size:
- create a procedure that will accept input from a designated position (rows and columns) on the screen. This procedure must not crash on Ctrl+Z.
For instance:

code:

custom_get (5, 5) % Would get input at the location (5, 5).

- modify the above to accept only a certain length of input - to be specified by the parameter passed:

code:

custom_get (5, 5, 10)

% Input at (5, 5), with a max length of 10 characters.
- modify the above to accept input at an (x,y) position on the screen, while printing the inputted text in a specified Font (as opposed to the default font that you see when you type something into the run window).

code:

% assume "font1" refers to a previously created font. custom_get (100, 50, 10, font1)

Methinks that should keep you busy for at least half a period! Good luck...oh, and before I forget, in the future please do not make such undescriptive titles for your topics. Read [The Rules] for further details.