This is a practical course, we will create a series of small projects list in this slide to build our webserver.
We will learn socket programming skills to create a basic echo server. This server can only handle request and send messsage back to the client.
We will learn epoll and Reactor patterns to create a high performance TCP server. This server can handle thounds of connections.
We will learn concurrency programming skills to write a benchmark to send thounds of request to test our server.
We will learn http protocol conceptions to write a HTTP server. We can use browser to send request to the server.
We will design and implement a Logger module to collect messages. The messages colllected by the Logger are stored in the LogFiles.
We will design and implement a File server. We can upload and download files from this server.
After we created these projects, we will be proficient in sock programming skills and can write our own high performance webserve.
Choosing C++ for web server development has several advantages:
- Increased speed and reduced load on servers due to C++’s performance.
- Fine control over every aspect of web applications.
- Efficient resource management.
- Ability to integrate complex functionalities.
- Beginner C++ development who want to build a high performance web server
