MildServer - A Simple Web Server for APL

Warning: This page is very much work in progress and probably ends quite abruptly. Hope to have the first revision done by Monday Jan 5th... Please write to MortenKromberg if you have questions, comments or suggestions!

The MildServer is an experimental framework for simply developing web applications in APL. The design may well change in the first months of 2009 based on feedback from users.

The main goals of the MildServer project are:

1. Provide a framework which makes it possible for anyone who can write an APL function to turn it into a web page without having to learn much.
2. Experiment with the use of APL code in Unicode files to run an "Open Source" project.

Although the APL code is intended to be "open source", Dyalog APL Version 12.0. is required as the engine for the MildServer - if you don't have it you should be able to get a free or cheap version from the Dyalog Download Zone. Dyalog v12 is the only component required to host your own web server.

Except for a "bootstrap" workspace, all the code which implements the framework itself and the web applications built upon it are stored in Unicode text files, and the framework is intended to be easy to extend. The project is maintained using SubVersion: If it takes off as an open source project, the idea is to expose this subversion server to contributors.

Follow links below to read more about:

• Introduction to MildServer

• Getting Started (Download and Install)

• Debugging MildServer Applications

• MildServer Samples

  • Reverse Text (Simple Interactive Example)

  • Linear Regression (Graphics, Upload Excel File)

  • Animal Mastermind (A Game for Kids)

• HTMLInput Namespace Reference

• HTTPRequest Contents

• How Sessions are Implemented

• How User Authentication and Access Controls are Handled

• ABout Using !JavaScript to Implement Client-Side Functionality

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