Client - Server communications 1

[Tve]

Hi,

I'm pretty new to C# and I'm thinking of writting a small client-server application.

I actually want to have a program running twice on 2 machines talking to each other, I sppose like chat apps.

I've done some searching and I have found some options using sockets, but I not convinced this is the best solution.

I was originally looking for a way to use XML to converse between the apps.

Questions are:
- Does this seem reasonable?
- What classes would you advise?
- Is security an issue?

Thanks,


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[jmeckley]

XML is only useful if you have heterogenous clients. (java, php, .net, c++). However if your clients are all homogenious then remoting/sockets would be a better choice. now you have the power of the respective language.

MS has released the Windows Communication Foundation (WFC) project which is suppose to assist with abstracting the communication layer. This may

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.

 

[JurkMonkey]

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...F8-033D-420B-A3B1-3074505C03F3&displaylang=en

This is a collection of 101 Code Samples from MS. It includes a good Remoting app used as a simple chat client.