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Justin Ethier
Justin Ethier

Reputation: 134157

Server-Side Web Framework to use for an Embedded Device

What server-side web language/framework do you recommend for use on an embedded device? The device is similar to a linksys wireless router. Ideally I am looking for a framework that is fast, efficient, and will run well on a device with limited resources (CPU, Memory, etc).

Some initial considerations are PHP, Django, or even mod_perl.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1253

Answers (3)

M-Razavi
M-Razavi

Reputation: 3467

I working in a team which develop a device like router. for it's web interface, i used thttpd and CGI Wraper. programing language was cpp + html + javascript. i used sqlite for database too.

using cgi c/cpp is the best solution for web interface in embeded device with limited resource.

Upvotes: 0

Ron
Ron

Reputation: 840

I would suggest LUA (http://www.lua.org). Barracuda (http://barracudaserver.com) has a webserver with LUA support, but it's not free.

Upvotes: 0

mateja
mateja

Reputation: 150

Justin, It sounds like your platform has relatively a lot of horsepower. For this reason, I'd say go with the framework you're most comfortable with. PHP and mod_perl are plenty fast and efficient. It really depends on what modules are available for the http server that you're running.

Your question led me to take a peek at the framework that tomato firmware uses for their web interface. Their server is micro_httpd/mini_httpd with cgi extensions, and the pages are asp. There is also some javascript thrown in. Here's a link to tomato firmware where you can download the source and have a look for yourself. If your device is similar to a wireless router, you should check out other router firmware projects, such as dd-wrt, openWRT, and sveasoft.

Mateja

Upvotes: 2

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