Internet board games
Hello, I am looking to create a web page where users can play Gomoku live with eachother, like instantchess.com , or Yahoo's online pool.
I would like to be able to ... 1) Ask the players to chat with each other during the game.
2) Register users to track the rating. 3) Users can create "rooms" to which another player and spectators can join.
Should I use java applets for the whole page, especially for networks? If yes, can someone point me in the right direction, because I don't know how applets interact with the server to store the database and live play / chat.
Also it assumes I will be using java applets, what IDE do you suggest?
Any help is appreciated, thanks.
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1) If you are using Java applets, I would recommend building in Swing. I do all my development in Eclipse using my visual editor to develop advanced applications, but I've heard about the positive things about NetBeans.
2) I would not recommend using applet technology. It looks like Sun is currently on the verge of quitting this technology. I would recommend a page based architecture instead. You can use a framework like GWT or something similar. I'm sure other Stack Overflow contributors who are more familiar with web technologies can point you in a better direction than I can. That said, this post has a pretty good performance on many web presentation tier technologies.
Remember that you need to talk to the database in order to perform the behavior you described. Just FYI if you didn't know.
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