[Cppcms-users] Comparison to boost::beast

[<jo...@em...>]

Hello folks!

 

I’ve been working with boost::beast for the last year. This is basically a boost-based library built on top of boost::asio to provide HTTP and websocket functionalities.

I was curious about CppCMS and played around with it a little for a few days.

The gist of this paragraph: I am new to CppCMS and mildly familiar working with boost::beast.

 

I would be interested to hear from the CppCMS community where you see advantages of using CppCMS over boost::beast for building a collaboration-tool website.

Unlike CppCMS, boost::beast does not provide a template engine/mechanism nor does it provide higher-level features such as utility classes for forms etc.

These are of course very valuable assets but I am wondering how much effort it is to build something like that on boost::beast vs. relying on a different library I am currently largely unfamiliar with.

Are there any features that CppCMS provides that you would deem essential or “hard to roll yourself” for building something like a collaboration platform?

I see that there is a CppDb library to interface databases. However, I would be using that as we own a license for SQLAPI++ and we’re fairly familiar working with that.

 

Maybe some of you even know boost::beast and can provide more detailed insights.

 

I understand that this is an open question. I am really looking for opinions and experiences here – not necessarily only technical facts.

 

Thank you for your efforts.

 

 

Best regards,

~ Joel Bodenmann