I like the first code example on https://crystal-lang.org
# A very basic HTTP server
require "http/server"
server = HTTP::Server.new do |context|
context.response.content_type = "text/plain"
context.response.print "Hello world, got #{context.request.path}!"
end
puts "Listening on http://127.0.0.1:8080"
server.listen(8080)
Nicely concise!This would be the Python equivalent:
# A very basic HTTP server
from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
class RequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
def do_GET(self):
self.send_response(200)
self.send_header('Content-type', 'text/plain')
self.end_headers()
self.wfile.write(bytes(f"Hello world, got {self.path}!", 'utf8'))
httpd = HTTPServer(('', 8080), RequestHandler)
print("Listening on http://127.0.0.1:8080")
httpd.serve_forever()
Would like to see it in more languages.