[lev.web] LevWeb Planning

[kristate]

We need a robust web framework for lev.

Some of this framework is already in-place with lib/web.lua [1][2] although it would be nice to have WebSocket support, a nice template engine and some path routing code.

This Issue will track progress with regard to the LevWeb milestone.

[1] https://github.com/connectFree/lev/blob/master/lib/lev/web.lua
[2] https://github.com/connectFree/lev/blob/master/examples/lev/server-http-module.lua

[dvv]

i've done websocket ages ago. it provides for both hixie76 and hybi10 (C helper) protocols. it is done as a stack-style middleware and should be a good point for starters.
in app i collected some useful layers also.
kernel is a nice and very powerful templating initiative by @creationix.

[kristate]

@dvv these are great -- I think that we can immediately fit websocket into lev.

I am curious about how we can fit app into lev. I would like to change the name of the module from app to webapp if that is fine with you.

kernel should also be easy to integrate into lev.

[dvv]

webapp is certainly ok. of particular importance are the router and RESTish middleware. these form the basis of a framework. i also have static which served until now luvit site.
also, we should somehow start site served by lev per se, to show and see goods and bads of design/interfaces etc., imho.
kernel seems to be neutral to anything as it is simple Lua string/closure stuff.

[kristate]

@dvv Understood -- I will setup a server to demo lev soon.
I am trying to find a good balance between Python's WSGI and Node.JS

[dvv]

i see. take, that being exposed either via *sgi or connect-style, the worker of any middleware remains the same, imho. that is, if we extract these workere into a lib, we can expose them then even via both interfaces.
also, please consider starting a github wiki page on middleware design, just like on fs design, so that we could collect pros and contras. tia

[kristate]

Start of a rendering/template engine in 239386a

[pcdinh]

Any update on this ticket? I found this project when searching Google for nginx and lua integration to implement a upload image server. It looks like that lev can be used to do such things without requiring powerful hardware. Is that correct?

[VaiN474]

Stumbled across this in a similar search as pcdinh. I've been looking for an active project that might be the successor to the now-abandoned CGILua. I'm curious why you chose not to follow the usual templating syntax similar to that of PHP <? (chunk) ?>. The current examples don't seem natural to me.

Are there any plans to resume this project or is it dead as well?