Technology
Have a cup of Java.
Server
The server will be developed in Java with various Java technologies like JMX (Java Management Extension) which makes the life of the developer and later administration easier. The current implementation of the server requires at least a Java 1.5 Standard Edition Runtime Environment.
Client
There hasn't been much development on the client side so far. Some techniques has been evaluated but there is nothing written in stone so far. It might be Java with or without OpenGL or maybe Python. It mainly depends on the person who develops the client. One dependency is currently there: the communication between the client and the server is via Java objects. But this can be changed without too much effort.
Communications
As allready stated is the communications been done via an ObjectStream and Java objects. This has the advantage that the system (and not myself) has to serialize and deserialize the objects and I even can add md5 hashing and validation of the objects and add encryption without too much hassle.
Tools
I use the Eclipse IDE for the main development. The Eclipse Plugin Quantum DB is used for SQL queries. GIMP is used for painting and image manipulation. Blender will probably be used for any modelling. The MySql database is currently used as a backend for data storing. The Log4J package is used for logging.
Tasks
So far the most work has been done on the server. Which is the main task for me and myself. Other tasks are the client (another major task) and some minor application like the administration tool and a map creation tool (ZoneCreator). Both tools will probably be created as an RCP application with the Eclipse RCP framework.
