Do-It-Yourself: Instant Messenger for the Developer
By Brandon De Hoyos, About.com Guide to Instant Messaging
You have downloaded, you've installed, you've IMed. Now, join developers across the country and around the globe as they race to build the world's finest IM products. From single features to whole clients, all are built by someone. Read on for tips, interviews and ideas you can put into building your own IM applications.
Meet the Developers
Learn more about build IM by some of the finest folks in the industry; read in-depth interviews, articles and more with the developers of some of the most popular IMs in existance.
Developer's Notebook
Learn more about current trends and the history of IM development through articles and notes of interst from the developer's world.
