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

From: Jose (jmalv04_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-04-25 10:24:03

I forgot to ask, which cases below are you targeting ?
(i thought 1, 2, 3)

On 4/23/07, Jose <jmalv04_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> 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
> >
> > --
> >
> > "Steven Siloti" <ssiloti_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
> > news:462B9A98.2090502_at_[hidden] ...
> > > 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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