Re:Suppose I wanted to write a C++ based web application...
by mdakin on Sunday October 05, 2008 @05:21PM
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I have done something like this. I interfaced with Apache however rather than also writing the web server by hand. I also leveraged libraries when I could.
You may want to investigate the following libraries:
fcgi++: Interface with the web server using fast cgi; keep the program resident in memory between requests.
botan: For generating cryptographic hashes.
cgicc: For handling input from the web browser.
xerces-c: For implementing a templating system and generating the output which gets sent to the web browser.
libpqxx: Interfacing with Postgres.
cppunit: Unit-testing critical or difficult-to-test bits.
It's not as hard as everyone likes to make it sound (assuming you are on the right side of the C++ learning curve). The real question is whether you want to spend your time writing a framework rather than actual applications.
You may want to investigate the following libraries:
fcgi++: Interface with the web server using fast cgi; keep the program resident in memory between requests.
botan: For generating cryptographic hashes.
cgicc: For handling input from the web browser.
xerces-c: For implementing a templating system and generating the output which gets sent to the web browser.
libpqxx: Interfacing with Postgres.
cppunit: Unit-testing critical or difficult-to-test bits.
It's not as hard as everyone likes to make it sound (assuming you are on the right side of the C++ learning curve). The real question is whether you want to spend your time writing a framework rather than actual applications.