Re: [Cppcms-users] IRC Chat ??

[Alec T. <ale...@gm...>]

Thanks, but why not just a simple web-frontend, just embed it in some HTML.

Working examples: webhcat.freenode.net mibbit.com/chat

On 8/24/11, Klaim - Joël Lamotte <mj...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> For a web server implementation community, I think a useful demonstration
> would have been far more efficient than an irc channel or a mailing list
> system.
>
> Why not build a simple community tool over CPPCMS?
> Two possibilities that are NOT mutually explusive :
>
> 1. a chat system as dynamic web page : see http://chat.stackoverflow.com/ as
> very good and advanced example.
>
> Advantage of all those of a chat, including quick chit-chat, fast replies,
> etc., PLUS persistence of the discussion.
>
> I think a very simple and already useful implementation can be done quickly.
> However, I'm too busy with other projects to work on it.
>
> 2. a forum engine. Every language used in web dev. have it's set of forum
> engines, but c++. Forums have some advantages over mailing list, the first
> one being ease of reading, no storing in your personal accoun etc.
>
> It would be very demonstrative if the CPPCMS community followed the "eat
> your own dog food" mentality started with the wiki and blog engines
> implementations.
>
> My 2 cents
>
> Joël Lamotte
>