Fost 5 release 5.17.12.45058 now out

This release includes a step towards revised string handling. The eventual goal is to be able to remove the fostlib::string from most places in favour of a smarter structure based on a std::variant that can better handle different string sources. This work is ongoing and you can see progress in the develop branches.

We're also taking a look at macos and Windows again, but both platforms are quite difficult so no real progress yet.

Building on Linux

You will need a C++14 compiler. Recent versions of either gcc or clang are suitable.

git clone --branch=5.17.12.45058 --recursive [email protected]:KayEss/fost-hello.git
cd fost-hello
Boost/build
hello/compile
dist/bin/hello-world-d

Download locations

Applications

• beanbag — Stand alone transactional JSON database server — [email protected]:KayEss/beanbag.git
• beanbag-seed — Seed project for giving you a starting point to develop web applications using Beanbag — [email protected]:KayEss/beanbag-seed.git
• fost-hello — Sample seed project — [email protected]:KayEss/fost-hello.git
• mengmon — Stand alone web server — [email protected]:KayEss/mengmom.git
• wright — Experimental build system — [email protected]:KayEss/wright.git

Libraries

• f5-cord — First version of a new string library with compile time string and Unicode support — [email protected]:KayEss/f5-cord.git
• f5-threading — Preview of the first Fost 5 library which includes help for threading — [email protected]:KayEss/f5-threading.git
• fost-aws — Amazon AWS and OpenStack — [email protected]:KayEss/fost-aws.git
• fost-android — Eclipse project for Android that allows Fost 4 and Beanbags to be used on mobile devices — [email protected]:KayEss/fost-android.git
• fost-android-ndk — The native code for Android. Includes required parts of Boost configured to use the standard Android build system.
• fost-beanbag — Transactional JSON database — [email protected]:KayEss/fost-beanbag.git
• fost-base — Build system and core libraries — [email protected]:KayEss/fost-base.git
• fost-internet — Internet protocols, servers & clients — [email protected]:KayEss/fost-internet.git
• fost-meta — All libraries in one wrapper — [email protected]:KayEss/fost-meta.git
• fost-orm — Object/Relational mapping — [email protected]:KayEss/fost-orm.git
• fost-postgres — PostgreSQL — [email protected]:KayEss/fost-postgres.git
• fost-py — Python (2.x) bindings — [email protected]:KayEss/fost-py.git
• fost-web — Web server libraries — [email protected]:KayEss/fost-web.git
• fost-wright — Experiment in a build system — [email protected]:KayEss/fost-wright.git

Detailed change log

cord

• Add string equality comparison and substr operations to u8view.
• Fill in more of the lstring comparison members.
• Add shared buffers who can own strings (and other things).
• Rename array_view to buffer as it is not always immutable.
• Add u8view and UTF8 decode function.
• Added an array_view with some constexpr support.

fostgres

• Add scripting call setting for manipulating settings.
• Add parser support for all JSON atom values.
• Add RETURNING support to PUT request for objects.
• Move some tests so Postgres is not needed for a normal build.