Programming Project Specification:
IRC or Internet Relay Chat is an application that lets multiple users communicate via text messages with each other in common "virtual" rooms. You will be implementing an IRC client and server from scratch in this project using whatever programming language you are comfortable with. As the programmer, you are in charge of all of the protocol specifications and functionality of your IRC application. However, at a minimum, the basic functionality of being able to create a room, join a room, leave a room, and list rooms available should be implemented. Other features such as private chat, file transfer, buddy lists, etc. can be added, but must be specified and documented. Note that students can substitute a project of their own instead of the IRC application. In particular, on-line game applications are also acceptable for projects. If you wish to do a project outside of either of these two, you MUST seek e-mail approval from the instructor beforehand.
You will turn in an RFC-style document that describes your IRC protocol. That is, the format of the messages that the client and server will exchange in order to properly implement the IRC application.