David Flajole
9/24/2004 9:39:00 PM
[Long time reader, first time poster!!!]
Hello,
I am building a real-time internet auction app that will need to function
like many of the on-line games that I have seen on the web. The program
will be written with ASP.Net/C# and needs to allow two-way communication
between the server service and several web clients (can be limited to IE,
Mozilla & Netscape). It is not necessary for clients (bidders in this case)
to communicate with each other, but their bids must be seen by all clients
in the auction. Online bidders will be competing against bidders at our
yard in real-time, so I need the fastest approach to cut down on the
inevitable delay.
I have talked to Java programmers that use applets and servlets to create
apps like this, but I will be using C#...can remoting be used to accomplish
the same thing? If so, will my clients be using a browser or will I have to
install an app on their machines? If not, will I be forced to program with
raw TCP using asynchronous sockets?
Thanks a lot,
dave