Re: [H-source-users] Patches serie to add new computers and distros

[Yuchen Pei]

On Fri 2022-09-16 00:24:36 -0400, bill-auger wrote:

> -== Learn the EasyGiant PHP framework ==
> -
> -Since h-source is an application of the EasyGiant PHP framework
> you can use the EasyGiant features in order to modify the
> h-source source code. Visit www.easygiant.org
> -* FIXME: www.easygiant.org is offline
> -
> -
>
> there should probably be something in this section - it is not a
> well-known framework; and the learning curve is relatively steep
> without some documentation for the framework - is there
> documentation for the easygiant framework available anywhere? -
> maybe we can ask antonio

The latest wayback machine copy is at

http://web.archive.org/web/20161027164429/http://www.easygiant.org/

There's a guide

http://web.archive.org/web/20161027162658/http://www.easygiant.org/media/guide/20150326.pdf

I've added this section back to the readme.

>
> IIRC, that is the main reason why damien suggested re-writing the
> entire program in a more common web framework like django
>

If we are to rewrite the server program, it is better to rewrite in a
more maintainable and refactorable type-safe language like Haskell (for
example Servant is a widely used Haskell server library), rather than
another weakly typed language like Python.

Best,
Yuchen

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