Jose and Mark have just written a second article on our chat demo. This installment shows you how to build GUI clients for the chat demo in C# and Java, as well as how to build web-based clients with PHP or Silverlight.

The articles don’t just explain how to build a chat application, but discuss design trade-offs that confront many Ice applications, and how to choose an appropriate design. I suggest you give this a read—chances are that you will find it useful in your day-to-day development even if you are not into writing chat applications.

Tags: application design, chat demo, Ice, PHP, Silverlight