For those that thought C had been delegated to the internals of your

mobile devices or favorite database engine, Daniel

Waterworth wants to string you up by

the Raphters.

Raphters is a web framework written in C. Yes you heard that right, a

shiny new framework for the web written in everybody’s favorite

close-to-the-metal programming language. The project gets its name from

RAPHT, a pattern that extends MVC that aims for greater security and

flexibility:

Resources include things served up to clients like a database or API.

Actions provide ways to interact with a Resource.

Processors transform data.

Handlers provide the entry point for a request.

Templates render data.

A simple Hello World example to demostrate the patter might look

something like:

#include "raphters.h" START_HANDLER (simple, GET, "simple", res, 0, matches) { response_add_header(res, "content-type", "text/html"); response_write(res, "hello world"); } END_HANDLER START_HANDLER (default_handler, GET, "", res, 0, matches) { response_add_header(res, "content-type", "text/html"); response_write(res, "default page"); } END_HANDLER int main() { add_handler(simple); add_handler(default_handler); serve_forever(); return 0; }

If you’re a C developer looking for speed (and security) you might give Raphters a

look for your next web project.

[Source on GitHub]