Jabber Programming - Softcover

Written by the creators of one of the most popular Jabber clients, Jabber Programming enables developers to build messaging applications with the Jabber protocol quickly and easily.

Your Jabber Road Map

With Jabber, the open source movement has produced an XML-based platform that you can use for a wide range of instant messaging applications. As one of the first books on this hot emerging technology, this handy reference gives you expert guidance for building Jabber-based messaging systems quickly and easily. Detailed examples help you install and run a Jabber server, enable group conferencing, and create your own instant messaging client for use with AIM, MSN, ICQ, and other popular IM clients.

Put Jabber to Work
* Get up to speed on Jabber clients for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Java
* Set up a Jabber test server on Linux
* Install agents for ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, AIM, and IRC
* Learn about creating, saving, and retrieving vCards in Jabber
* Create custom options for your Jabber client

CD-ROM includes
* myJabber Personal Communicator
* JabberFoX, Phat Linux, and OpenIM source code
* Authors' source code and examples from the book

System Requirements

PC running Pentium 120 or Mac OS X or higher; 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended). See About the CD-ROM Appendix for details and complete system requirements.