[Tutor] Question

[Alan Gauld]

On 13/08/2024 14:56, Markis Gardner wrote:

> ABBREVIATED form of messenger able to chat with other people.
> 
> Is it possible to do it as a standalone program with Python?

It depends what you mean by standalone. If you are happy to run it under
the Python interpreter then yes thats straightforward. If you want to
create an exe file that you can distribute then there are tools that can
bundle up a python program + interpreter into a self executing bundle.

> If yes, can you give me suggestions on what to read (please don't send me
> the code solution)?

I'm not sure what your level of experience is. But the official Python
tutorial would be a good start for an ex VB6 programmer. And for the
networking stuff there are varios online tutorials and HowTos around.
A good paper book is "Python Network Programming" on Apress.

I don't know enough about Yahoo Messenger protocols etc to offer
any more specific advice. But python has pretty good networking
support so you should be able to do something. There may even be a
module specifically for Yahoo, try searching the PyPi repository.
In fact, a quick Google threw this up:

https://pypi.org/project/pyahoolib/

Claims to support the Yahoo Messenger protocol...

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