snap-core-0.2.16: Snap: A Haskell Web Framework (Core)

snap-core-0.2.16: Snap: A Haskell Web Framework (Core)

This is the first developer prerelease of the Snap framework. Snap is a simple and fast web development framework and server written in Haskell. For more information or to download the latest version, you can visit the Snap project website at http://snapframework.com/.

This library contains the core definitions and types for the Snap framework, including:

  1. Primitive types and functions for HTTP (requests, responses, cookies, post/query parameters, etc)
  2. Type aliases and helper functions for Iteratee I/O
  3. A monad for programming web handlers called "Snap", inspired by happstack's (http://happstack.com/index.html), which allows:

Quick start: The Snap monad and HTTP definitions are in Snap.Types, some iteratee utilities are in Snap.Iteratee.

Higher-level facilities for building web applications (like user/session management, component interfaces, data modeling, etc.) are planned but not yet implemented, so this release will mostly be of interest for those who:

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