What is the Best Programming language for making a Desktop Chat application?
I need to develop a desktop chat program and need to know which programming language is powerful for making this
You have 2 sides on a chat program client and server. Java would be common for the client simply because it can easily run in the browser on several platforms. The server can be written in Java, or really any language your web server supports. There really isn’t anything too complicated, you need to be able to connect and bind sockets, which most languages can do.
php, with or without mysql – there is so many packages that using php for chat web based app
ActionScript 3/Flex compiled as an Air application would be good for creating a desktop Chat program. Flex solves common GUI very easily, and ActionScript 3 has good compatibility many remote service protocals. Also Air is Win/Mac/Linux compatible.
The thing is it sounds like you’re trying to tie into for instance AIM/GTalk/MSN ect. In that case instead of building something from scratch, you could consider searching for class packages that help connect to those services. Probably you’d find most languages have some open source project built to those standards. Then you could choose the language you’re most comfortable in.
c++ or java