Hi John, On 4/17/06, John Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > Could anyone please tell me the suitability and advantage of using the > MINA > framework for a simple multiplayer client/server game as opposed to using > standard Java NIO? I've studied the website and docs of MINA but to be > honest the information provided as well as documentation for the examples > is > a little sparse (i.e. theres no informative and detailed > tutorial/documentation/links as there are with other Apache projects). I > know that there are PDF docs and the wiki but for a MINA beginner like me > its seems very difficult to get into. Maybe others have felt the same too?
I'm sorry that you're not satisfied with our documentation. We are going to revise our documentation again when we release MINA 1.0. If MINA does make network programming simple then it would be of interest to > me. I have done network programming (although I'm no expert) but if this > framework provides the infrastructure for common networking issues then I > am > interested in using it for my simple game. Yes, it does. There was a people who implemented a game server for flash/applet games and he satisfied with MINA. Any help, info, and advice is greatly appreciated. I would really love to > know the steps needed to be taken when creating a simple client and server > game using MINA. Many thanks in advance. It would be nice if you narrow your question so we can answer to individual details. :) Any additional comments are welcome! Trustin -- what we call human nature is actually human habit -- http://gleamynode.net/ -- PGP key fingerprints: * E167 E6AF E73A CBCE EE41 4A29 544D DE48 FE95 4E7E * B693 628E 6047 4F8F CFA4 455E 1C62 A7DC 0255 ECA6
