Re: Feasibility of an async HTTP server engine in Gambas (uvicorn-style) + question about JIT

[Lee <t.lee.davidson@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 8/6/26 6:05 PM, alarch@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I've been using Gambas for years for internal tools and server administration scripts, and I'm currently thinking about a 
> project idea I'd like your opinion on.
>
> Many Gambas users (myself included) end up relying on PHP for anything web-related, mostly by default rather than by choice. I 
> was wondering whether it would be feasible to build a Gambas-native equivalent of Python's uvicorn — i.e. a standalone 
> application server capable of handling HTTP connections directly (not through CGI/FastCGI), using an event-driven model built on 
> gb.net's Socket class and its ReadyForRead/ReadyForWrite events.

In addition to the other options mentioned, there is also the MicroHttpd project I posted to the list here:
https://lists.gambas-basic.org/archive/user/2024-04/0000241.html

It is not pure Gambas though. It relies on three shared libraries; the primary of which is 'libmicrohttpd'.


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Lee

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