CppCMS

CppCMS

Original author(s)	Artyom Beilis
Initial release	0.0.2 / Released January 2009
Stable release	0.0.8 / January 13, 2011; 8 months ago (2011-01-13)
Preview release	0.99.10 / September 1, 2011; 43 days ago (2011-09-01)
Written in	C++
Operating system	cross platform
Type	Web application framework
License	GNU Lesser General Public License
Website	cppcms.sourceforge.net

CppCMS is an open source web application framework for the C++ programming language developed by Artyom Beilis. It is one of very few^[1] web frameworks for C++. The primary goal of CppCMS is building performance-demanding web applications. It may also be used for embedded web applications for consumer devices (such as administration consoles for routers, smart devices, etc.) The library is available under LGPL license and currently targets POSIX-compatible and Windows platforms.

Unlike what the framework's name suggests, it is not a content management system.

Major features

• A variety of web server APIs – FastCGI, SCGI, HTTP
• Support of various concurrency models: cooperative (single thread), thread pool, prefork
• Separation of content and layout with a powerful template engine
• Inheritance of web templates
• Cache framework with trigger-based and timeout-based invalidation
• Support of Ajax and Comet programming ^[2]
• Form processing and validation
• Internationalization and localization^[3], including support of right-to-left languages.
• Session state management via different backends: encrypted cookies, files, cache, database and distributed solutions.

See also

Free software portal

• Comparison of web application frameworks
• Wt - Web toolkit
• Tntnet

References

1. ^ Andre Bar'yudin's blog - C++ web development framework
2. ^ CppCMS meets Comet
3. ^ August Penguin conference, Boost.Locale

External links

• CppCMS Project home page
• CppCMS blog