I have a few questions for the ones who know.

I started to "learn" for a project.I wanna write the source code for a messenger like Gaim.I started learning about ncurses , GTK+ and UNIX socket programming.But I'm a bit stucked.

Most of the books' I get , like : The Art of Unix programming , Linux socket programming by example , etc .. are really complex for me to understand . I need something easier , for me to understand the complex principles of UNIX socket programming.

Maybe in a few months , I'll be able to write the source code , to a mini-messenger programm , like Gaim , but not so complex .

If anyone can give me some clues , tutoriarls , or something else to manage understanding complex socket progrmamming , be my guest