Introduction to IRC
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The document provides an introduction to Internet Relay Chat (IRC), explaining its origins, features, and benefits, such as being group-oriented and low-bandwidth. It highlights various IRC clients available for different platforms and offers tips for effective use, including registration with nickserv and utilizing tab-completion. Additionally, it announces the official Guelph Web Maker Meetup IRC channel details for participants to engage in discussions.
Introduction to IRC
- 1. What is IRC? How do I IRC? Introduction to IRC Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Guelph Web Maker Meetup 1.0 March 16, 2011 Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 2. What is IRC? How do I IRC? What is IRC? Internet Relay Chat Originated in Finland in the late 1980s Text-based group chat Open platform (RFCs 1459, 2810–2813) Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 3. What is IRC? How do I IRC? Why should you care? Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 4. What is IRC? How do I IRC? Why should you care? IRC is . . . Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 5. What is IRC? How do I IRC? Why should you care? IRC is . . . . . . group-oriented Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 6. What is IRC? How do I IRC? Why should you care? IRC is . . . . . . group-oriented . . . low-bandwidth Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 7. What is IRC? How do I IRC? Why should you care? IRC is . . . . . . group-oriented . . . low-bandwidth . . . great for community access, e.g. Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 8. What is IRC? How do I IRC? Why should you care? IRC is . . . . . . group-oriented . . . low-bandwidth . . . great for community access, e.g. Perl, Python, PHP Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 9. What is IRC? How do I IRC? Why should you care? IRC is . . . . . . group-oriented . . . low-bandwidth . . . great for community access, e.g. Perl, Python, PHP MySQL, PostgreSQL Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 10. What is IRC? How do I IRC? Why should you care? IRC is . . . . . . group-oriented . . . low-bandwidth . . . great for community access, e.g. Perl, Python, PHP MySQL, PostgreSQL Drupal, Wordpress Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 11. What is IRC? How do I IRC? Why should you care? IRC is . . . . . . group-oriented . . . low-bandwidth . . . great for community access, e.g. Perl, Python, PHP MySQL, PostgreSQL Drupal, Wordpress Silverlight Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 12. What is IRC? How do I IRC? Why should you care? IRC is . . . . . . group-oriented . . . low-bandwidth . . . great for community access, e.g. Perl, Python, PHP MySQL, PostgreSQL Drupal, Wordpress Silverlight Ubuntu, Red Hat, Microsoft Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 13. What is IRC? How do I IRC? Why should you care? IRC is . . . . . . group-oriented . . . low-bandwidth . . . great for community access, e.g. Perl, Python, PHP MySQL, PostgreSQL Drupal, Wordpress Silverlight Ubuntu, Red Hat, Microsoft W3C Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 14. What is IRC? How do I IRC? Get a client Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 15. What is IRC? How do I IRC? Get a client mIRC Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 16. What is IRC? How do I IRC? Get a client mIRC XChat Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 17. What is IRC? How do I IRC? Get a client mIRC XChat Colloquy ChatZilla Pidgin Opera BitchX ircII Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 18. What is IRC? How do I IRC? Get a client mIRC ERC XChat HydraIRC Colloquy XChat-WDK ChatZilla Konversation Pidgin Circe Opera WeeChat BitchX Mibbit ircII qwebirc Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 19. What is IRC? How do I IRC? Get a client mIRC ERC AndChat XChat HydraIRC irssi Colloquy XChat-WDK EPIC ChatZilla Konversation Quassel Pidgin Circe Yaaic Opera WeeChat Rooms BitchX Mibbit leetIRC ircII qwebirc ... Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 20. What is IRC? How do I IRC? Pidgin Open source (GPLv2/3) Cross-platform (Linux, Windows, OSX) Free on all platforms Multi-protocol chat client with IRC support http://pidgin.im/ Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 21. What is IRC? How do I IRC? XChat/XChat-WDK XChat Open source (GPLv2) Cross-platform (Linux, Windows) Free for Linux http://xchat.org/ XChat-WDK A free binary for Windows built with the Windows Driver Kit http://code.google.com/p/xchat-wdk/ Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 22. What is IRC? How do I IRC? Colloquy Open source (GPLv2) OSX only Free http://colloquy.info/ Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 23. What is IRC? How do I IRC? qwebirc Open source (GPLv2) Web-based Server-side: Python, Twisted, Java, Mercurial Client-side: A browser that isn’t ancient http://qwebirc.org/ E.g., http://webchat.freenode.net/ Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 24. What is IRC? How do I IRC? The official Guelph Web Maker Meetup IRC channel Announcing the official Guelph Web Maker Meetup IRC channel! Network: Freenode Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 25. What is IRC? How do I IRC? The official Guelph Web Maker Meetup IRC channel Announcing the official Guelph Web Maker Meetup IRC channel! Network: Freenode Web client: http://webchat.freenode.net/ Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 26. What is IRC? How do I IRC? The official Guelph Web Maker Meetup IRC channel Announcing the official Guelph Web Maker Meetup IRC channel! Network: Freenode Web client: http://webchat.freenode.net/ Nickname: Your choice Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 27. What is IRC? How do I IRC? The official Guelph Web Maker Meetup IRC channel Announcing the official Guelph Web Maker Meetup IRC channel! Network: Freenode Web client: http://webchat.freenode.net/ Nickname: Your choice Channel: #gwmm Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 28. What is IRC? How do I IRC? The official Guelph Web Maker Meetup IRC channel Announcing the official Guelph Web Maker Meetup IRC channel! Network: Freenode Web client: http://webchat.freenode.net/ Nickname: Your choice Channel: #gwmm Server: irc.freenode.net Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 29. What is IRC? How do I IRC? The official Guelph Web Maker Meetup IRC channel Announcing the official Guelph Web Maker Meetup IRC channel! Network: Freenode Web client: http://webchat.freenode.net/ Nickname: Your choice Channel: #gwmm Server: irc.freenode.net Port: 7000 (with SSL) or 6667 (unencrypted) Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 30. What is IRC? How do I IRC? A few tips Use somebody’s nick to “nudge” them Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 31. What is IRC? How do I IRC? A few tips Use somebody’s nick to “nudge” them Take advantage of the tab-completion that your client probably offers Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 32. What is IRC? How do I IRC? A few tips Use somebody’s nick to “nudge” them Take advantage of the tab-completion that your client probably offers Consider registering your nick with NickServ Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 33. What is IRC? How do I IRC? A few tips Use somebody’s nick to “nudge” them Take advantage of the tab-completion that your client probably offers Consider registering your nick with NickServ Many clients can auto-connect to networks and auto-join channels Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC
- 34. What is IRC? How do I IRC? A few tips Use somebody’s nick to “nudge” them Take advantage of the tab-completion that your client probably offers Consider registering your nick with NickServ Many clients can auto-connect to networks and auto-join channels Be welcoming Chris Charles (@ChrisUnfiltered) Introduction to IRC