From: James Tucker <jftucker@...>
Date: 2008-04-01T23:03:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Simple and stable web server? Is there any?


On 1 Apr 2008, at 13:15, Alexey Petrushin wrote:
>> There are plenty of small, fast and stable web servers. tinyhttpd,
>> lighthttpd and they all can call ruby via CGI or even FastCGI.
> Yes, but they are written not in ruby, so there always will be some
> questions with deployment. Ind i gues there will be always question in
> multi-platform deployment.

mongrel
ebb
thin
webrick

all can be used with rack to make the interface simpler...

> Probably late in production i switch to JRuby and Tomcat. But right  
> now
> i need simple and fast development, not performance.

Use rack, it will likely save you pain in the future.

>> If you find CGI 'complex' then I'm afraid no one can help you, have  
>> you
>> considered PHP :)
> :) really i'm from java world, and about two month with ruby, trying  
> to
> use it for one new project.
> No, for sure CGI isn't the choice, it's too old and low level.

no further comment on web servers...


Session management is not a web server function, really. I mean, sure,  
it handles the headers etc, but it's very app specific as all of that  
stuff is not in the required portion of the spec.


Anyway, take a look here:

http://macournoyer.wordpress.com/2008/02/09/the-flexible-thin-anorexic-gymnast-that-democratized-deployment/

You should find that a modern, easy to use ruby dsl powered setup for  
your server needs.


HTH