Re: [boost] [soc07][cgi] RFC: use-cases/scope

From: Jose (jmalv04_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-04-23 08:52:17

Hi,

The project should make it clear how it supports different needs and it
allows a basic to advanced path:

CGI:  support to allow any c++ program to output results to a browser
(typical cases are to output a html or an image via a web server)

FCGI,SCGI: support to build  a server deamon that interfaces to  a web
server via tcp sockets (e.g. apache front-end via mod_fcgi to a custom c++
daemon)

Web server: support to build a basic web server tied to a c++ application
but with the web server also supporting CGI/FCGI on the server-side (e.g.
improved asio http server)

Advanced - simulations, debugging: support to build a web server thread
that can be used to debug the application or to query the status of a long
running application via a web
browser<http://code.google.com/p/gperftools-httpd/>(see
http://code.google.com/p/gperftools-httpd/)

As for the other features (sessions, templates, ..) I think the first
priority should be sessions but probably this is already too much for this
project.

I am glad this project got accepted and also that Chris is mentoring it, as
there is a lot of related work already in asio examples.

regards,
jose
On 4/23/07, Shams <shams_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Yes I forgot to mention that and IF possible I'd rather go with a
> templating
> system but as a separate library or project.
>
> Here is an example of a c++ template language from Google.
> http://goog-ctemplate.sourceforge.net/
>
> Thanks
> Shams
>
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> "Steven Siloti" <ssiloti_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
> news:462B9A98.2090502_at_gmail.com...
> > Shams wrote:
> >> 2. Easy way to generate the HTML DOM tree
> >>
> > This seems to be a commonly requested feature form cgi libraries but is
> > it really that necessary? It seems to me that it just encourages bad
> > habits, i.e. mixing logic and presentation. Shouldn't we instead focus
> > on providing a convenient template system a la ctemplate but with a more
> > appropriate API?
> >
> > Steven Siloti
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