^ i need to extract the TOP 10 rankings from those sites and store them as Strings...and i haven't been able to do it...

Javanian: ^ i need to extract the TOP 10 rankings from those sites and store them as Strings...and i haven't been able to do it...

they don't follow any particular structure?
Please post a snippet of the html

for a site like those, you will need a custom parser, i doubt if that parser will be of help.
I'll try it tonight.

webdezzi: for a site like those, you will need a custom parser, i doubt if that parser will be of help.
I'll try it tonight.

or extending the functionalities of the parser...

Javanian: I still haven't been able to create an HTML Parser for the sites...but i am still trying...can anyone give it a try??

there should be tons of opensource html parsers. Worst case scenario, firefox is opensource, you go to their developement page and hijack their parser

lordZOUGA:
there should be tons of opensource html parsers. Worst case scenario, firefox is opensource, you go to their developement page and hijack their parser

java is the language here, and moreover, you are never going to just walk into any open source tree and just grab it, you will spend an hour searching and spend the next hour customizing it.

I find http://www.jsoup.org very interesting though.

i souped the first one here ==> http://www.gadgetslim.com/test.jsp
those sites took the server as a mobile device, it took me time to figure it out, please consider that while parsing others.

i learnt a lot in the process.

^ Nice one!...i have been having a hard time doing this..i cant wait to see your code..

i noticed those idiots returned a mobile version to my server which cost me 3hrs to figure out

LMAO!!

dont mind my code rants jare.

What's happening? No info yet, Javanian where are you and others nko...we need to finish dz.

I've been busy lately but that isnt why i stopped...i stopped because it seems no one is interested again...i started this project so that we can learn from each other...i would have stopped a long time ago if not for the encouragement webdezzi gave me...

I find it hard to beleive that no one has been able to consume the web service even with a language as Popular as PHP.

Well,
The HTMl parser has been created thanks to webdezzi.
The contact us form is working well...Thanks to webdezzi and chimanet

-we need to create a type of API/documentation that will enable developers consume the web service...

-We also need to create a mobile version of the site

-Also we can do some off-page SEO for it

And i dont think i can continue doing this things on my own you guys are not encouraging me...but if some one can volunteer to do any of the things above...i will apreciate it and the project will be back to life...

U shld try something more profitable. I working on one if you are intrested.

^ like??

I'll work on sometn...

Javanian: I've been busy lately but that isnt why i stopped...i stopped because it seems no one is interested again...i started this project so that we can learn from each other...i would have stopped a long time ago if not for the encouragement webdezzi gave me...

I find it hard to beleive that no one has been able to consume the web service even with a language as Popular as PHP.

Well,
The HTMl parser has been created thanks to webdezzi.
The contact us form is working well...Thanks to webdezzi and chimanet

-we need to create a type of API/documentation that will enable developers consume the web service...

-We also need to create a mobile version of the site

-Also we can do some off-page SEO for it

And i dont think i can continue doing this things on my own you guys are not encouraging me...but if some one can volunteer to do any of the things above...i will apreciate it and the project will be back to life...

I would have helped but I see no use case for what you are developing

^ i taught as much...i know many might not appreciate it...but like i said my main aim was for us to learn from each other @lordZouga and @all someone should suggest another project android(preferably) or web...@mj you can still continue if you are working on it...i still want to round it up...

Javanian: ^ i taught as much...i know many might not appreciate it...but like i said my main aim was for us to learn from each other @lordZouga and @all someone should suggest another project android(preferably) or web...@mj you can still continue if you are working on it...i still want to round it up...

online whot game that accepts bets and other forms of game modes

Web application or android?

Javanian: Web application or android?

both... users can play offline with the AI or play networked with their buddies(WLAN or bluetooth) or online with hosts of other users. an easy project once you make a nice enough AI

or you could make a forum software that offers APIs for mobile developers with nice features like chat? and then sell it at a much cheaper price than vbulletin and others. you might consider developing it in a language like java or C++ for faster and much secure services

Not a bad idea...but
1, how will you acheive the betting part?
2, what languages are you familar with?

Javanian: Not a bad idea...but
1, how will you acheive the betting part?
2, what languages are you familar with?

the betting part is easy. before you play a game with anyone, you two agree on a certain amount that should be given to a winner. the system should be able to detect whoever wins and automatically gives the person his prize

That means we will most likely need a payment gateway or is there anyother option?.

I ask again what languages are you familar with?

@javanian
yeah, am still intrested in the project, i had difficulty following your instruction about how to consume the webservice using netbeans(java), i go confused at the stage where u started talking of ur main class

Javanian: That means we will most likely need a payment gateway or is there anyother option?.

I ask again what languages are you familar with?

yeah, we will need that. I know C++ and most of its useful paradigms and methodologies. are you interested in developing this?

Chimanet: @javanian
yeah, am still intrested in the project, i had difficulty following your instruction about how to consume the webservice using netbeans(java), i go confused at the stage where u started talking of ur main class

The main class is any class or jsp page you want to display it. Refer to this article if have any other problem.
http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/websvc/jax-ws.html

it wont work if you dont have an internet connection

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lordZOUGA:
yeah, we will need that. I know C++ and most of its useful paradigms and methodologies. are you interested in developing this?

i'm interested but for now i dont do c++...when you do Android do you also use c++??...i'm concerned about the language issue because i want to use a language many are familar with...

Javanian:
i'm interested but for now i dont do c++...when you do Android do you also use c++??...i'm concerned about the language issue because i want to use a language many are familar with...

I'm workin on sometin like dat if u r intrested i jst need help with the server side and i use java.

Javanian:
i'm interested but for now i dont do c++...when you do Android do you also use c++??...i'm concerned about the language issue because i want to use a language many are familar with...

ermmm.. this is supposed to be open source right? my bad. I don't think this project should be open source at all. game development on android is done with C++ I think thats what the ndk is there for to enable leverage the device's openGL ES capabilities

Unfortunately i dont do c++ so i will have to opt for something else