Re: [boost] [GSoC 2014] Http Server Proposal

Subject: Re: [boost] [GSoC 2014] Http Server Proposal
From: Niall Douglas (s_sourceforge_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-03-01 06:46:44

On 28 Feb 2014 at 22:06, Vinícius dos Santos Oliveira wrote:

> I'm interested in develop an asynchronous HTTP server for Boost as part
> of GSoC.
>
> I would implement such library on top of Boost ASIO and I'd include

For something as "chunky" as as a HTTP server, you might consider 
using proposed Boost.AFIO which itself is built atop Boost.ASIO. AFIO 
will take care of the asynchronous file access for you plus it's far 
quicker at file access on Windows than the Win32 API is, plus the 
batch facilities would make implementing HTTP pipelining far easier. 
You would still have a lot of work remaining e.g. session 
persistence, but it wouldn't be as hard.

Algorithmically an async HTTP server is not challenging. Look into 
Python's Twisted. Do what they do.

Disclaimer: I designed proposed Boost.AFIO.

Niall

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