Re: [Vala] Need some feedback for Valum, a web micro-framework!

[Al Thomas <astavale yahoo co uk>]

> From: Guillaume Poirier-Morency <guillaumepoiriermorency gmail com>
> Sent: Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 17:22
> Subject: Re: [Vala] Need some feedback for Valum, a web micro-framework!
>
> -framework/valum/blob/master/examples/app/main.gs ).
> >  > The Genie example is broken
> >  [indent=2]
> >  namespace ValumGenie.TestApp
> >    init
> >      var app = new Valum.Router()
> >      app.get("/", handler)
> >      var server = new Valum.FastCGI.Server( app.handle )
> >      server.run( args )
> >
> >
> >    def handler (req:VSGI.FastCGI.Request, ref res:VSGI.FastCGI.Response)
> >      var lua = new Valum.Script.Lua()
> >      res.append(lua.eval("print 'hi from lua string'"))
> >
> >
> >  should get a little closer to working (untested)
>
> I will make an example specifically for Genie. The language looks
> pretty nice to describe simple web apps and I think that it's a good
> thing to push it forward. I'll gently pick some of your changes as I am
> not too familiar with the language.

That would be great. Thanks.

In my example:
    - remove the 'namespace' from the beginning, init can't be in a namespace, my mistake
    - the command line arguments are available in 'args', this is automatically available in 'init'
    - 'uses' is the equivalent of 'using' in Vala, so 'uses VSGI.FastCGI' for example
    - I was unsure how the response got passed back, so used 'ref', same as Vala
> Also, I think that waf plugin for Vala does not support Genie. 

I don't know Waf, but see:
https://github.com/waf-project/waf/blob/master/waflib/Tools/vala.py#L203  

This line lists both .vala and .gs extensions. 

Confirmation Waf works for Genie would be good.

All the best,

Al