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 -- Currently unemployed and looking for work in Ireland. Work Portfolio: http://careers.stackoverflow.com/nialldouglas/