LamestWebserver is an open-source WebApp- and Webserver framework built to be simple and easy to use but still powerful and low-level. It's mainly written in C# and has very few dependencies to be easily portable.

Quickstart Guide

Starting a Webserver is easy:

using LamestWebserver;

// Create a new Webserver on port 80 that tries to read static files (like images or stylesheets)
//  from the subfolder "./web" based on the execution directory.
using (new WebServer(80, "./web"))
{
    // Automatically discovers all dynamic response-pages in this assembly and registers them at the webserver.
    Master.DiscoverPages();
    
    Console.WriteLine("LamestWebserver Demo.\nEnter 'exit' to quit.");
	
    // Keep the Server available until we enter exit.
    while (Console.ReadLine() != "exit") { }
}

The dynamic pages to respond by the webserver just have to inherit from one of the response types like PageResponse or ElementResponse.

using LamestWebserver;
using LamestWebserver.UI;

// The class of a page has to inherit i.e. from `ElementResponse` to be automatically discoverable.
public class Page : ElementResponse
{
    // The constructor of this page sets the URL that the page shall be available at by calling `base(<URL>)`.
    // It also has to be empty (like this one) and `public` to be able to be automatically called.
    public Page() : base("/") { }
    
    // This method will be called whenever the page is requested.
    protected override HElement GetElement(SessionData sessionData)
    {
        // LamestWebserver.UI contains a lot of HTML-Elements that can be constructed and returned like this.
        return new HHeadline("LamestWebserver Test Page") + new HText("Hello World.");
    }
}

The project also includes a Demo sub-project, that includes further information and examples.

Motivation

LamestWebserver is an answer to all the bloated and over-complicated WebApp solutions currently available. It wants to be small, fast & easy to use.

Contributors

Contributions are very welcome. Please read our coding-style.md and check our Projects and Issues sections of our github page to find issues to help with. If you have any questions regarding this project also feel free to get in touch or comment on it.

License

LGPL