Standalone HTTP Server in Elixir with Bandit
The article discusses the creation of a standalone HTTP server using Elixir and the Bandit framework. It highlights the advantages of using Elixir for application development, including its active community and robust documentation. The author provides a step-by-step guide to setting up a minimal web server with Bandit, emphasizing the importance of the Plug concept in managing requests.
- ▪Elixir is considered a strong choice for new application development due to its distributed infrastructure and active community.
- ▪Bandit is an alternative to the cowboy server, designed for compatibility with the Phoenix framework and supports HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2.
- ▪The article outlines the process of creating a new Elixir library and starting a Bandit server with basic configuration.
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 1302415) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } Mathieu Kerjouan Posted on Jun 3 Standalone HTTP Server in Elixir with Bandit #elixir #bandit #http #web Writing Elixir code is not really exciting to me, but, to be honest, if someone today wants to create an application from scratch and is looking for a big pool developers and a battle tested distributed infrastructure (the BEAM VM), Elixir is probably one of the best choice nowadays.
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