cws/README.md

cws

A simple Web Server written in C (learning purposes), it works only on Linux systems.

Requirements

• meson
• doxygen
  • Optional, just to build the docs

How to build

$ meson setup build
$ cd build
$ meson compile

And then run cws!

Docs

$ git submodule update --init # inside the cws directory
$ doxygen

And then open the docs/html/index.html.

Roadmap

• Understading basic web server concepts
• Basic server
• CLI args
• Enhance web server
  • IPv6 compatible
  • Request parser (methods and headers)
  • Serve static files
  • Multithreading (non blocking I/O with epoll)
  • Logging
• Advanced
  • HTTPS support
  • Caching

Resources

• Beej's Guide to Network Programming

You can find my journey inside the notes directory!