From: Brian Candler <lists@...>
Date: 2012-03-25T07:48:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Need to create a file-sharing client like Gnutella, where to start?

Bharadwaj Srigiriraju wrote in post #1053083:
> You said that I need to learn concepts like TCP/IP, sockets etc. What
> are those other things I need to learn along with them?

Programming, data structures and algorithms, protocol design (unless you 
are writing a client to work with an existing protocol, in which case 
you'll need to study the particular protocol you want to implement). 
Then there are cryptographic concepts (for example if you are going to 
use a Tiger Tree to identify which parts of the file are to be 
transferred), and miscellaneous things like perhaps a GUI toolkit or web 
framework, if it needs a user interface.

> Just asking, can this thing be completed in a month duration?
> (I have never developed an application before, that's why...).

To do the whole thing from scratch sounds like a tall order to me, but 
then again I don't know exactly what you are trying to produce, or why, 
and what level of sophistication or polish you are looking for.  I'm 
guessing it's a school project, or else why wouldn't you just use an 
existing file sharing client?

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