[geeks] javascript tutorial sought?

[der Mouse]

> If you don't want to rethink your protocol to fit over HTTP, then I'm
> not sure what to recommend.

The problem with HTTP here is that it's fundamentally stateless: the
client contacts the server very briefly, sends over a data blob,
receives another data blob in return - and then disconnects, each to go
their own way, until the client next wants to talk to the server.  This
isn't much good for something like a networked game between two or more
people; I want something much more a la "establish long-lived
connection".  But I really don't want to layer TCP over HTTP, which is
where that is headed.

Yes, there are kludges grafted onto HTTP to provide long-lived
connection state.  Perhaps I can get away with one of them....

> Otherwise, Java is the only way I can think of to develop for Windows
> without ever touching a Windows machine.

jp suggested, indirectly, a Java applet.  I'll be looking into that.

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