New to FIX. Where to start?

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Imported from previous forum

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Hi. I applied for a job Trading Technologies a few months ago, and while I did not get that job, being somewhat of a geek, I did gain a fascination for the FIX protocol after a cursory glance at some of the documenation while studying for an interview. I currently work in the insurance software industry, but I am looking to move on to something else and I am thinking that trading software is the place to be. My questions are, where is a good place to start? What language are the majority of trading applications written in? How much for the rug? :slight_smile:

Thanks,

Jim

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[ original email was from Jean-Cedric Jollant - jc@ullink.com ]
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Hey Jim,

You may want to start by playing with the session level messages to get a feel for what all FIX engines are doing in the background. That will not teach you much about the existing products out there, but they all have to deal with these messages somehow.
I would suggest to get some FIX engine from the web and write your own app that can at least logon, resend and heartbeat.

Many languages are being used depending on the vendor/firm culture. On the server side you will find Java and C++, on the client side you will find a mix of VB, C#, Java, C++. Hence I would recomend to stay open minded as far as the actual language.

Cheers,
JC

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JC,

Thanks for the reply. Is anyone making a broswer-based app for this, or is that not practical? Just curious…