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D Web Development

By : Kai Nacke
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Book Image

D Web Development

4 (1)
By: Kai Nacke

Overview of this book

D is a programming language with C-like syntax and static typing. The vibe.d framework builds on powerful D concepts like template meta-programming and compile-time function execution to provide an easy-to-use environment for web applications. The combination of a feature-rich web programming framework with a language compiling to native code solves two common issues in web development today: it accelerates your development and it results in fast, native web applications. Learning the vibe.d framework before you start your application will help you to choose the right features to reach your goal. This book guides you through all aspects of web development with D and the vibe.d framework. Covering the popular operating systems today, this guide starts with the setup of your development system. From the first Hello World-style application you will move on to building static web pages with templates. The concise treatment of web forms will give you all the details about form handling and web security. Using the abstractions of the web framework you will learn how to easily validate user input. Next, you will add database access to your application, providing persistent storage for your data. Building on this foundation, you will expose your component and integrate other components via REST. Learning about the internals of vibe.d you will be able to use low-level techniques such as raw TCP access. The vibe.d concepts can also be used for GUI clients, which is the next topic that you will learn. vibe.d is supported by an active community, which adds new functionality. This comprehensive guide concludes with an overview of the most useful vibe.d extensions and where to find them. It also shows you how to integrate these extensions in your application. The concepts are always illustrated with source code, giving you an insight into how to apply them in your application.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
10
Index

Conventions

In this book, you will find a number of text styles that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles and an explanation of their meaning.

Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles are shown as follows: "You also need to install openssl and libevent, which are used by vibe.d."

A block of code is set as follows:

name "hello"
description "A simple vibe.d server application."
copyright "Copyright © 2015, <yourid>"
authors "<yourid>"
dependency "vibe-d" version="~>0.7.23"
versions "VibeDefaultMain"

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

body
  block header
    header Header
  block navigation
    include navigation
  block content
  block footer
    footer Footer

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

$ tar xvzf dub-0.9.24.tar.gz
$ cd dub-0.9.24
$ ./build.sh

New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, for example, in menus or dialog boxes, appear in the text like this: "Click on the Unlock button to unlock the window and change the account type to Administrator."

Note

Warnings or important notes appear in a box like this.

Tip

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