I'm making this topic as a way to share information, tools, and ideas to help people get their online games going, since it seems that very few people have ever been successful in bringing their games to life.
TCP/IP - http://w3schools.com/tcpip/tcpip_intro.asp
TCP/IP is the way applications and computers communicate with each other over the internet. This is a
very good starting point for anyone who wants to start an online game, or server for any purpose.
W3schools Tutorials - http://w3schools.com/sitemap/sitemap_tutorials.asp
The W3schools sitemap, where you can find tutorials on numerous scripting and markup languages. My list of good places to start out in order (the name of the language links back to its page):
- HTML - Standard internet markup language. A must know for anyone running a website or websites.
- XHTML - HTML, but better. Very little differences between HTML and XHTML.
- CSS - Styling webpages; "Styles define how to display HTML elements."
- XML - Carrying and storing data. Read more about XML in the Introduction page of the tutorial.
- Javascript - Adds interactivity to webpages.
- PHP - Server sided scripting, like Javascript, it makes webpages dynamic and interactive.
The Difference Between the Internet and the Web - http://www.webopedia.com/didyouknow/internet/2002/web_vs_internet.asp
Just generally useful information. The page goes into detail about the differences between the internet and the web.
SmartFoxServer - http://www.smartfoxserver.com/
"SmartFoxServer is a multi-platform socket server designed to integrate with Adobe Flash, enabling developers to rapidly develop multiuser applications and games." Just read about it, you'll get the hang of it.
SmartFoxServer Documentation - http://www.smartfoxserver.com/docs/
Starting out with SmartFoxServer, and on and on...
PHP Sockets with Flash - http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash8/php5sockets_flash8.htm
A tutorial for using PHP to run a very simple chat and server.
PHP.net - http://php.net
The official site for PHP.
