Game programming with Visual C++, MFC and TCP, UDP and Socket API

[webdev]

Hello everyone, I have to do programming to make a small, straightforward game operating over a LAN network. I think I should use Visual C++ and MFC libraries from Microsoft, because it's easy to learn and use. Dealing with some network programming concepts such as TCP, UDP and some ...

[jacksonp]

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