AnMVC is a naive MVC framework in C++. Like other MVC framework, it helps create a website in C++ with as fewer extra code as possible. I started this project for the purpose of demos and practices. Now that I have implemented some of the basic utility of an MVC framework, I am publishing it with my explanations to its details.

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I am working on Ubuntu Linux gcc, therefore I recommend you to do the same. Do not presume to use Windows, for it is 100% incompatible with Linux system call. If you are using other versions of Linux, such as Centos, there may be some tiny issues when compiling. You must alter some of the code, adding some header files, to make it work. Clang is not recommended. You must also be ware of the gcc under MacOSX, for it is actually clang by default.

I am using CMake as build tool, while you may prefer make. They are quite alike! To build the project, you must first install it.

sudo apt install cmake    # Ubuntu
sudo yum install cmake    # Centos

This project makes use of the zlib library for compressing files. Please install zlib on your machine before building the project.

sudo apt install zlib1g-dev
sudo yum install zlib

The project is not built with the C++ std, but with another project of my own AnBase, providing basic components. There are some links under the directory library and include. The symbolic links under include are from my other repository AnBase. To include them here, you must do the following things.

1. Clone that repository.
2. Copy or link all directories under its include.

All directories under the include directory should be duplicated(copied or linked) to the current include. The directory structure should look like the following.

include:

include
├── allocator
├── concurrent
├── container
├── context
├── exceptions
├── feature
├── http
├── io
├── listener
├── Object
├── parser
├── reflection
└── resource

lib:

lib
└── libanarionbase.a 

All is ready then.

The files are ready. Use CMake to build the project. If you are new to CMake, please follow my steps.

First, set up a directory for the compile results.

mkdir build

Go into that directory.

cd build

Run CMake to generate MakeFiles and more.

cmake ..

Run make to generate the executable file.

make

You may have to do some tiny alternations due to different version of Linux. If you are using Ubuntu, there should be no problem.

If everything is fine, you may find an executable file MyMVC under the build directory.

Run the executable file, setting up an HTTP server on port 9898. You may request the page with Postman or some Web Browser. The page is a modest one, holding few code for testing only. The html file is /static/html/hello.html. You may edit it to instance a different result.

It should show this as default:

<h1 style="color: blue">I am your FATHER</h1>