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Build Your Own Web Framework in Elixir

You're reading from   Build Your Own Web Framework in Elixir Develop lightning-fast web applications using Phoenix and metaprogramming

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801812542
Length 274 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Web Server Fundamentals
2. Chapter 1: Introducing the Cowboy Web Server FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Building an HTTP Server in Elixir 4. Part 2: Router, Controller, and View
5. Chapter 3: Defining Web Application Specifications Using Plug 6. Chapter 4: Working with Controllers 7. Chapter 5: Adding Controller Plugs and Action Fallback 8. Chapter 6: Working with HTML and Embedded Elixir 9. Chapter 7: Working with Views 10. Part 3: DSL Design
11. Chapter 8: Metaprogramming – Code That Writes Code 12. Chapter 9: Controller and View DSL 13. Chapter 10: Building the Router DSL 14. Index

Writing an HTTP server package

Let’s create a new goldcrest folder for all Goldcrest-related code, examples, and packages. Inside goldcrest, we can create our web server package by running the following command:

$ mix new goldcrest_http_server

Let’s now define the Goldcrest.HTTPServer module, which will be our main web server module:

lib/goldcrest_http_server.ex

defmodule Goldcrest.HTTPServer do
  @moduledoc """
  Starts a HTTP server on the given port
  This server also logs all requests
  """
  require Logger
  @server_options [
    active: false,
    packet: :http_bin,
    reuseaddr: true
  ]
  def start(port) do
    case :gen_tcp.listen(port, @server_options) do
      {:ok, sock} ->
        Logger...
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