Wt (web toolkit)

#include <Wt/WApplication>
#include <Wt/WBreak>
#include <Wt/WContainerWidget>
#include <Wt/WLineEdit>
#include <Wt/WPushButton>
#include <Wt/WText>

// c++0x only, for std::bind
// #include <functional>

using namespace Wt;

/*
 * A simple "Hello, World!" application-class demonstrates: 
 * How to 
 * react to events, read input, give feed-back?
 */
class HelloApplication : public WApplication
{
public:
  HelloApplication(const WEnvironment& env);

private:
  WLineEdit *nameEdit_;
  WText *greeting_;

  void greet();
};

/*
 * The "env"-argument contains information about 
 * a new session and an initial request. It must be passed 
 * to the "WApplication"-constructor,--
 * so it is typically also an argument for your custom
 * application-constructor.
*/
HelloApplication::HelloApplication(const WEnvironment& env)
  : WApplication(env)
{
  setTitle("Hello world");                               // application title

  root()->addWidget(new WText("Your name, please? "));   // show some text
  nameEdit_ = new WLineEdit(root());                     // allow text input
  nameEdit_->setFocus();                                 // give focus

  WPushButton *button
    = new WPushButton("Greet me.", root());              // create a button
  button->setMargin(5, Left);                            // add 5 pixels margin

  root()->addWidget(new WBreak());                       // insert a line-break

  greeting_ = new WText(root());                         // empty text

  /*
   * Connect signals with slots
   *
   * - simple "Wt"-way
   */
  button->clicked().connect(this, &HelloApplication::greet);

  /*
   * - using an arbitrary function object (binding values with boost::bind())
   */
  nameEdit_->enterPressed().connect
    (boost::bind(&HelloApplication::greet, this));

  /*
   * - using a c++0x lambda:
   */
  // b->clicked().connect(std::bind([=]() { 
  //       greeting_->setText("Hello there, " + nameEdit_->text());
  // }));
}

void HelloApplication::greet()
{
  /*
   * Update the text, using text-input into the "nameEdit_"-field.
   */
  greeting_->setText("Hello there, " + nameEdit_->text() + "!");
}

WApplication *createApplication(const WEnvironment& env)
{
  /*
   * You could read information from the environment to decide: 
   * Whether the User has a permission to start a new application?
   */
  return new HelloApplication(env);
}

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
  /* The method may set up some shared resources, 
   * but should then start a server-application ("FastCGI" or "httpd"), to: 
   * 1. Listen for requests; 
   * 2. Handle all of the application's life-cycles.
   *
   * The last "WRun"-argument specifies 
   * a new application-objects instantiating function--
   * to execute when 
   * a new user surfs to the "Wt"-application 
   * and the library has a negotiated browser support. 
   * (This function should return a newly instantiated application-object.)
   */
  return WRun(argc, argv, &createApplication);
}