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== General ==
Having an XMPP client available that has a XML console is a really good thing! In example [http://code.google.com/p/exodus/ Exodus] has a nice console (press F12), but there are many other possibilities, too.

== For C and C++ users ==
'''XML parsers'''
For c and c++ [http://expat.sourceforge.net/ expat] ([http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php MIT] license) is a good choice. The [http://xmlsoft.org libxml2] ([http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php MIT] license) has strange SAX behaviour, as a XMPP stream is something like an '''unfinished''' XML document this is not good.

[http://xml.apache.org/xerces-c/ Xerces-C] is a good xml parser for xmpp. It may be a bit heavy, but it supports sax and dom. 

== Windows GUI programmers ==
Do you know about blocking and non blocking sockets? Do you know WSAAsyncSelect() and threads? No? Then you should consult in exmaple [http://tangentsoft.net/wskfaq/ tangentsoft's wskfaq] first!