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Is there any web framework in C++ which is like Spring for Java, i am currently working on an application which is in the web domain. Our existing applications are all developed in c++, and we are looking for some framework which has a small learning curve and provides exciting features. Has anyone come across such a framework. Please let me know.

user775757
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    Spring is not a web framework, Spring MVC is. Hence, DI is a Spring IoC thing, not of Spring MVC. IMO, you should say Spring MVC, as you are interested in web frameworks. Or ask for IoC container, altogether. – Adeel Ansari May 30 '11 at 05:39
  • I think PHP started as a C++ web framework. – irreputable May 30 '11 at 05:44
  • Have a look at this similar thread, https://stackoverflow.com/questions/746309/which-is-the-best-c-web-framework – Adeel Ansari May 30 '11 at 05:31

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If its DI you are looking for; Dependency injection in C++ is not really done a lot, because although you can inject a pointer in to a class, its not easy to say who's gonna free it. There is already a SO discussion here .

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Suraj Chandran
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I think the opensource project 'Drogon' is what you want. Drogon can be found in github, Here's the descript of Drogon:

Drogon is a C++14/14-based HTTP application framework. Drogon can be used to easily build various types of web application server programs using C++. Drogon's main application platform is Linux, it also supports Mac OS/UNIX. Its main features are as follows:

  • Use a non-blocking I/O network lib based on epoll (kqueue under MacOS/FreeBSD) to provide high-concurrency, high-performance network IO;
  • Provide a completely asynchronous programming mode;
  • Support Http1.0/1.1 (server side and client side);
  • Based on template, a simple reflection mechanism is implemented to completely decouple the main program framework, controllers and views.
  • Support cookies and built-in sessions;
  • Support back-end rendering, the controller generates the data to the view to generate the Html page, the view is described by a "JSP-like" CSP file, the C++ code is embedded into the Html page by the CSP tag, and the drogon command-line tool automatically generates the C++ code file for compilation;
  • Support view page dynamic loading (dynamic compilation and loading at runtime);
  • Provide a convenient and flexible routing solution from the path to the controller handler;
  • Support filter chains to facilitate the execution of unified logic (such as login verification, Http Method constraint verification, etc.) before controllers;
  • Support https (based on OpenSSL);
  • Support WebSocket (server side and client side);
  • Support JSON format request and response, very friendly to the Restful API application development;
  • Support file download and upload;
  • Support gzip compression transmission;
  • Support pipelining;
  • Provide a lightweight command line tool, drogon_ctl, to simplify the creation of various classes in Drogon and the generation of view code;
  • Support non-blocking I/O based asynchronously reading and writing database (PostgreSQL and MySQL(MariaDB) database);
  • Support asynchronously reading and writing sqlite3 database based on thread pool;
  • Support ARM Architecture;
  • Provide a convenient lightweight ORM implementation that supports for regular object-to-database bidirectional mapping;
  • Support plugins which can be installed by the configuration file at load time;
  • Support AOP with build-in joinpoints.
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I would also recommend Oat++ which is designed exactly for your use case:

  • same project structure as Java Spring
  • cross-platform
  • Supports swagger
  • Authorization flow
  • zero dependency
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The closest thing I know of -- and I have no first-hand experience, I've only heard about it -- is a framework called Autumn.

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I just found ffead-cpp while browsing similar threads, can anyone evaluate this framework or has any idea whether this would be a suitable choice. I think it already answers a few of my questions. Can you guys comment?

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    the framework is sill in the initial phase, but i love the way its designed, so it would serve as a good starting point. – user775757 Jun 02 '11 at 04:00
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I tried RESTINIO modern c++ web framework.. This is well designed. Worth a try. https://github.com/Stiffstream/restinio

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