Hello Koen,
First of all you have pulled off a fantabulous job with Witty.
I think Witty brings C++ closest to a real web development platform as
compared any C++ hack or framework I have seen up until today.
I love the real web client server model for web application rather than the
beaten to death path of web framework ex Django etc.
I tried and failed to implement something similar several years back to make
FLTK render html or embed FLTK for web app. (I know that approach is not the
brightest J)
Here I have few suggestions you might want/not want to consider:
· Use Regular Make vs CMake
You can see in the Witty Interest group how many people are struggling with
CMake, mind you most of them are not new to open source or building from
source.
When I say Make I mean regular run of the mill
./configure
make
make install
(And make sure it works J)
The product is fantastic but seriously the building from source process is a
pain. I try out several products every now and then, Witty is really hard to
build for a seasoned hacker. You will have more adoption too.
· Reconsider the licensing LGPL vs BSD vs GPL
Something as good as Witty should be under more friendlier licensing than
GPL, Mind you I am a great supporter of open source (real open source, BSD
Style) but a less restrictive license like LGPL will help you a lot take
Witty to a whole new level.
FYI: Licenses will not help you pay your rent, EMWEB services will.
These are my two cents
Congrats again, WT is great!
Thanks for reading
-Girish Sheshadri
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