Spectre

What is it?

Spectre is the general-purpose web application framework for Fantom language.

Main features

• higly customizable;
• batteries included: flexible url router, cookies, messages, custom sessions;
• full-featured forms library;
• Mustache templates for presentation layer;
• development server with:
  • non-blocking IO cycle for perfect scalability;
  • WebSocket protocol draft 76 support;
  • instant app reload in dev mode.

Documentation

Spectre documentation can be found at spectreframework.org/documents/ or in a doc/ folder of Spectre distribution.

Sample application

using spectre

class HelloWorldApp : Settings {
  new make(Str:Obj? params) : super(params) {
    routes = Router {
      ["/*", |->Res| { Res("Hello, world!") }]
    }
  }
}

For more examples take a look at examples/ folder of Spectre distribution.

Building Spectre from sources

You’ll need:

• Fantom 1.0.59;
• Printf;
• Mustache;
• And Spectre of course.

Set up Fantom’s jdkHome property in $FAN_HOME/etc/build/config.props. Then run:

>>> fan printf/build.fan
>>> fan mustache/build.fan
>>> fan spectre/src/build.fan
>>> cp $FAN_HOME/lib/fan/printf.pod spectre/lib/fan/
>>> cp $FAN_HOME/lib/fan/mustache.pod spectre/lib/fan/
>>> cp $FAN_HOME/lib/fan/spectre.pod spectre/lib/fan/

Now add spectre/bin to your $PATH and that’s it.