Overview
A production-grade web server implementation in C that handles concurrent connections using thread pools. Demonstrates low-level networking, concurrency patterns, and performance optimization.
Key Features
- Thread Pool Architecture: Efficient worker threads for handling concurrent requests
- HTTP Protocol Support: Full HTTP request parsing and response generation
- Connection Management: Graceful handling of client connections and timeouts
- Performance Optimized: Minimal overhead for high-throughput scenarios
- Socket Programming: Direct TCP/IP socket management
Technologies
- C for systems-level programming
- POSIX threading (pthreads) for concurrency
- Socket APIs for network communication
- HTTP protocol implementation
Performance Characteristics
- Handles multiple concurrent connections efficiently
- Minimized context switching overhead
- Scalable thread pool configuration
- Connection pooling for resource efficiency
Learning Outcomes
- Deep understanding of systems-level networking
- Practical concurrency and threading patterns
- Memory management in C
- HTTP protocol implementation details