I am working on a for-fun-only project with a friend (project and friend
:) to be announced later). I am seeking library recommendations from the
ever-knowledgeable plug. I am pretty sure I know what I want to do, but
just to make sure...
I've prototyped the project in Python using PIL (the Python Imaging
Library), and Python's httplib and SimpleHTTPServer. The prototype
works, but is too slow, and I plan to reimplement it in C or C++
(preferred). The project has three components:
1. A web server
Currently using SimpleHTTPServer. Would like to use libHTTP
(do you know of any others).
2. A web client
Currently using Python's httplib. Would like to use libcurl.
3. An image processor
Currently using PIL. Would like to use libmagick++
My goal is to make the application super-easy to deploy, so I want to
minimize the file count by statically linking as much as possible (i.e.,
to put it on a flash drive). My requirements for each of the libraries
are very minimal. The web server simply needs to let my code handle GET
requests. No CGI support needed. The web client simply needs to fetch
URLs. The image processor just needs to perform basic operations on lots
of image types: vflip, hflip, grayscale, and blur, for png, jpg, and
gif, at least.
Any problems with these libraries in this combination?
--Dave
P.S. For the curious, this is just one half of the project. The other
half makes use of libnet and libpcap. Details to be announced...
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