The ffead-cpp Framework

ffead-cpp is a web-framework, application framework, utilities all bundled into one. It also provides an embedded HTTP/Web-Socket compliant high-performance server core. It is a collection of modules all geared towards performing individual roles which together form the cohesive back-bone of ffead-cpp.

It provides a very simple to use and maintain web-framework library with advanced features like Reflection, Dependency Injection (IOC), Inbuilt REST/SOAP support, Security/Authentication features. Moreover implementation for interfacing to caching tools like Memcached/Redis are provided in-built. Database integration/ORM framework (SDORM) solves all major issues with respect to interfacing with SQL/No-SQL database alike.

Multi-level serialization or template level serialization is a high point of ffead-cpp core serialization run-time. Any C++ POCO class can be marked as serializable and the run-time will take care of marshalling/un-marshalling the object to its intended serializable form and back(JSON/XML/BINARY).

ffead-cpp can be easily driven by XML configuration, Services/Controllers/Filters/Interfaces/API(s) are all simple POCO classes without any need for them to extend any classes. The differentiating feature in ffead-cpp is the usage/implementation/support for markers (Annotations in java). Simple #pragma directives can now be used to drive the entire configuration in ffead-cpp, so you can just forget XML configuration.

All in all ffead-cpp is the gap in the world of C++ web application or enterprise application development which I have tried to fill with my humble/honest effort.

Both cmake and autoconf builds are supported

Detailed OS specific instructions, instructions for installing the available server backends and docker/docker-compose scripts are located at docker

Build validated for the following Operating systems/Toolchains

Latest Techempower benchmarks - https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/#section=test&runid=57b25c85-082a-4013-b572-b0939006eaff&hw=ph&test=json&a=2

Features

Multiple server backends
- embedded
- nginx
- apache
- openlitespeed (experimental)
- cinatra
- lithium
- drogon
- nghttp2 based HTTP2 Server
- libreactor (c)
- h2o (c)
- vweb (vlang)
- picov (vlang)
- actix (rust)
- hyper (rust)
- thruster (rust)
- rocket (rust)
- h2o.cr (crystal)
- crystal-http (crystal)
- fasthttp (golang)
- gnet (golang)
- firenio (java)
- rapidoid (java)
- wizzardo-http (java)
Web Socket Support
Advanced ORM - SDORM (sql/monogo)
Cache API (memcached/redis)
Search Engine API (solr/elasticsearch) -- (experimental)
Improved Thread/ThreadPool API(s)
Marker based configuration (java style annotations)
Reflection support
Serialization support
Date/Time Ultility functions
Better Logging support
HTTP2.0 Support (experimental)
Dependency Injection
Sample app for Webrtc Signalling (websocket + api) (horizontally scalable peerjs compatible signalling server)

Quickstart (Using cmake/make)

Install cmake >= 3.8.2 and prerequisites
mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DSRV_EMB=on -DMOD_SDORM_MONGO=on ..
make install -j4 (Build ffead-cpp along-with the sample applications in web + generate ffead-cpp binary)
Sip some coffee
cd ../ffead-cpp-5.0-bin/ (Navigate to the ffead-cpp binary folder)
chmod +x *.sh
./server.sh (Startup ffead-cpp Njoy!!)

Quickstart (Using cmake/ninja)

Install cmake >= 3.8.2, ninja and prerequisites
mkdir build && cd build
cmake -GNinja -DSRV_EMB=on -DMOD_SDORM_MONGO=on ..
ninja install (Build ffead-cpp along-with the sample applications in web + generate ffead-cpp binary)
Sip some coffee
cd ../ffead-cpp-5.0-bin/ (Navigate to the ffead-cpp binary folder)
chmod +x *.sh
./server.sh (Startup ffead-cpp Njoy!!)

Quickstart (Using autoconf)

Install autoconf, automake and libtool prerequisites
./autogen.sh
./configure --enable-srv_emb=yes --enable-mod_sdormmongo=yes
make install -j4 (Build ffead-cpp along-with the sample applications in web + generate ffead-cpp binary)
Sip some coffee
cd ffead-cpp-5.0-bin/ (Navigate to the ffead-cpp binary folder)
chmod +x *.sh
./server.sh (Startup ffead-cpp Njoy!!)

Webrtc Example (Uses peerjs)

Follow Quickstart (Using cmake) above
Build docker image from docker-webrtc
Once the server starts, navigate to http://localhost:8080/peer-server/index.html in 2 tabs
Enjoy p2p calling using the ffead-cpp webrtc (peerjs compatible) signalling server