In need of VB.NET or C# Developer for very small project

toastyman

toastyman

toastyman

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Hi to all,

Just wondering if anyone would be interested in building a small application for free...

It basically sits in the background on your computer, and retrieves updates from a website using XML. The updates contain messages, and the application is basically a messenger.

Consider it a very simple instant messenger, which works using XML. All the server scripting is done, I just need a client application to read and send xml to and from the server. It's literally a text box to enter data and a text box containing the conversation. Nothing fancy.

If anyone would be willing to do this for me, i'd really appreciate it. I would do it myself but I have no experience with .net or C#, else I would do it myself!

Any takers?


Cheers,
Rich
 
I would say yes, but I've already got my extra-curricular (non-work) development job going. It sounds like what you're doing is fairly (=very) simple, so this might be a good opportunity to learn it yourself?

A quick question though - you mention that it basically uses xml to transfer information between client and server - is this a web services / soap (or something) implementation, or something you've put together yourself? I mention it because it's much easier to develop the client against a web service rather than having to faff around with xml parsers.
 
I haven't actually built the XML part yet, that was just the way that I thought would be best to transfer the data. What protocol/format would you suggest instead?

I would try myself, but I wouldn't know where to start. Wouldn't I need some special developing application? The other problem is i'm also very short of time :(
 
It's up to you, but if time is an issue then it probably is worth getting someone. Again, you can architect it how you like, but SOAP web services makes getting a desktop client to talk to a server very easy. Basically, the client treats the web service as just another library containing funtions which it can call as though it were just a local library. It doesn't take that much setting up on the server side either. V. useful - have a read about on google.
 
Thanks. I've downloaded Visual C# Express 2005, and i've pretty much finished the GUI. I'm screwed on the code side of things though, I can't even get it to open another form without returning an error. I guess its not like VB6 :p

Anyone want to jump in and save the day?!

I'll have a look at that SOAP method. It sounds very useful. Thanks.
 
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