C++ language is far from being popular for Web development |
for many reasons: lack of appropriate tools, skills of |
developers and many more. |
The C++ language is far from being a popular Web development language for many reasons: lack of appropriate tools, skills of developers, compilation requirements, slower to change pages and try out ideas, and many more. |
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However, there are areas where C++ web programming with |
CppCMS becomes very useful and efficient, and some where it |
is just a waste of time. |
However, there times where C++ web programming with |
CppCMS becomes a very useful and viable alternative, and some where it is just a waste of time. |
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## When CppCMS should or can be used? |
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1. High load web sites and application with hundreds and thousands hits per second, where high performance, efficiency and scalability is required. |
2. Application that require scalable Comet/Server Push<sup>[1](#note1)</sup> technologies --- CppCMS can efficiently handle hundreds and thousands simultaneous HTTP connection with minimal resources usage. |
3. Embedding web interface<sup>[2](#note2)</sup> into existing C++ applications/services with a small cost of additional library. |
4. Embedded underpowered devices -- CppCMS allows creation of rich applications with relatively low cost of hardware that would perform reasonably fast. |
1. High load web sites and applications with hundreds and thousands of hits per second, where high performance, efficiency and scalability is required. |
2. Applications that require scalable Comet/Server Push<sup>[1](#note1)</sup> technologies --- CppCMS can efficiently handle hundreds and thousands of simultaneous HTTP connections with minimal resources usage. |
3. Embedding a web interface<sup>[2](#note2)</sup> into existing C++ applications/services with a small cost of an additional library. |
4. Embedded underpowered devices -- CppCMS allows the creation of rich applications with reasonably fast perfomance on relatively low cost hardware. |
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## When Not To Use? |
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If you create small web applications that do not require high loads and require very short time-to-market period -- probably tools like Django or RoR would be more |
If you create small web applications that do not require high loads and require very short time-to-market periods -- probably tools like Django or RoR would be more |
appropriate for such tasks. |
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1. <span id="note1"></span>Available in upcoming CppCMS 1.x. |
2. <span id="note2"></span>Current version of CppCMS (0.0.x) can be used for embedding web interface to existing applications, but the next version 1.x would support it much better. |
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