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Posted to dev@mina.apache.org by John Stevens <jo...@hotmail.com> on 2006/04/16 21:05:48 UTC
Suitability to use MINA for networked games
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?
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.
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.
John
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Re: Suitability to use MINA for networked games
Posted by Michael Link <mi...@onlinehome.de>.
Hi John,
I recommend to take a look at the examples. Together with the tutorial
they are quite easy to understand and show the main principles of MINA.
The presentation and the movie of
http://directory.apache.org/subprojects/mina/getting_started.html are
also very helpful.
Mike
John Stevens 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?
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
>
> John
>
> _________________________________________________________________
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>
>
>
Re: Suitability to use MINA for networked games
Posted by Trustin Lee <tr...@gmail.com>.
Hi John,
On 4/17/06, John Stevens <jo...@hotmail.com> 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
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