File sharing prog

[flamer2010]

Hi,

I am planning to create a file sharing program using peer to peer connections. I know I can do this in VB but I am just starting out using VC++, and the things I need to know to get to this goal will probably help me learn VC ++ better.
I have no server, so when a user downloads the file sharing program and runs it, it will send the user's IP address to a file on a website. The addresses may build up as people go on. Then if someone wants a certain file, their program will connect to the computers using the IP addresses that it downloaded from the file on the website. They can then downloadthe file.
Would this idea work? Im sure its been done before. There is no need for an actual server, just webspace to store the IP addresses online...

[SteveCRM]

I think you should really get into the basics first if you're just starting. Internet programming is 100 times harder than it is in vb

[markman]

ehhhhhhh. Depends if you use mfc. Personally, I find mfc to be just as easy as vb. But thats just me.

[Zaei]

And almost as bloated =).

Z.

[CornedBee]

Nah, it is far less bloated, and a good deal harder. But anyway, MFC isn't for the beginner either.

[o0Jon0o]

What about when people go offline? You would have to keep pinging the client to make sure it was still there. Also you would have to write and ASP/CGI interface between the clients and the database else the server will get in a right mess. And thats the easy bit!