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Why?:
I use to play the game Runescape quite a bit. I've since quit for quite a long while, but now I'm coming back. As such, being the enthusiast that I am, I want to do something to help out the Runescape community in some way. Well, i sparked an idea! IRC channels often use bots to help people look up information rather quickly. A command like "!attack Hellfire010" would look up the attack stat of the username 'Hellfire010' (me) from the highscores (which now has a conveniente url that contains only int values on the wepage (useful!)) So, I figured why not implement this idea into an AIM bot? But, I really need some help in this.
What?:
Well, I want to design a program that can be installed into a screenname on AOL Instant Messager. Of course, I have very little idea of how to do this. Hence, I come here. Anywho, I wrote up some psuedo-code. Maybe it will help people understand what I mean.
if(first IM)
{
Display: Intro Paragraph
Type !help to see a list of commands.
}
if(User enters "!help")
{
Display: List of commands
}
else if(UserEnteredString=="!example")
{
. . .
perform task
. . .
)
else
{
Display: Some message
}
Tasks may include (not limited to):
My Programming Background:
As mentioned, I am somewhat limited in programming thus far. Last year, my highschool offered a class "Logic for Programming" where we learned basic C++. By basic, I mean the furthest thing may have been functions, loops, if statements, and arrays. This year, I'm taking "AP Computer Science" where we are learning Java and some computer concepts. To be honest, the class goes too slow for me and I've read ahead in my text book (nerd much?). So, I basically understand the common syntax and the basics about using classes. Additionally, I am well versed in HTML and some CSS. I basically taught them to myself via w3schools.com and experimentation.
What I want from you:
I use to play the game Runescape quite a bit. I've since quit for quite a long while, but now I'm coming back. As such, being the enthusiast that I am, I want to do something to help out the Runescape community in some way. Well, i sparked an idea! IRC channels often use bots to help people look up information rather quickly. A command like "!attack Hellfire010" would look up the attack stat of the username 'Hellfire010' (me) from the highscores (which now has a conveniente url that contains only int values on the wepage (useful!)) So, I figured why not implement this idea into an AIM bot? But, I really need some help in this.
What?:
Well, I want to design a program that can be installed into a screenname on AOL Instant Messager. Of course, I have very little idea of how to do this. Hence, I come here. Anywho, I wrote up some psuedo-code. Maybe it will help people understand what I mean.
if(first IM)
{
Display: Intro Paragraph
Type !help to see a list of commands.
}
if(User enters "!help")
{
Display: List of commands
}
else if(UserEnteredString=="!example")
{
. . .
perform task
. . .
)
else
{
Display: Some message
}
Tasks may include (not limited to):
- Getting commands from the IMer via IM.
- Looking up an int value from a webpage that looks something like this: 1 11 11111111 1 11 1111111 etc... where the example 1s represent some values.
- Looking up strings and integers from a normal webpage by using its search feature.
- Displaying text in the IM window and IMing it.
- Obviously, displayed the result in the IM window and IMing it.
My Programming Background:
As mentioned, I am somewhat limited in programming thus far. Last year, my highschool offered a class "Logic for Programming" where we learned basic C++. By basic, I mean the furthest thing may have been functions, loops, if statements, and arrays. This year, I'm taking "AP Computer Science" where we are learning Java and some computer concepts. To be honest, the class goes too slow for me and I've read ahead in my text book (nerd much?). So, I basically understand the common syntax and the basics about using classes. Additionally, I am well versed in HTML and some CSS. I basically taught them to myself via w3schools.com and experimentation.
What I want from you:
- Some guidelines about how to start, what I need, what language to use, etc. Perhaps some syntax to refresh my memory or help me out.
- Helpful tips
- Internet resources regarding this subject, if any. I researched it a little elsewhere, but found very little.
