IRC Chat

Just had an idea of implementing kind of an IRC chat in my client, so I can easily communicate with my friends while playing MC. Can anyone give me basic explaining what I need to do? I'm not skid, all features I got in my client I coded myself learning from those tutorials.
And I want that button (like in Xenon) to switch with normal chat and IRC chat

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Thanks in advance.

Why not just check out the Xenon source?

you'd need to create an irc server and use a few external jars unless you want to build your own irc client.

By looking at xenon source, it uses its own irc..
So, yeah both are right, xenons source is worth checking out

ohh my this is very interesting is there a tutorial on how to do this anyone?? thanks

There are many tutorials on how to make irc chat server and client. Theres a space age technology called the internet nowdays, use it :P Just instead of creating a full blown client for irc, integrate it with minecraft chat

Just search for java ircs on google or figure out on your own but its pretty easy im working on one for my forge client and i tought it would be harder.
P.S i use EFnet cause its free and all.