Brainstorming notes Tue 11 Mar 08:

• Need new WebSession API
• Tough discussion on responsibility split b/w web vs webapp vs fand
• We decided the right level for the WebService itself is to have a single pipeline of Weblets which it runs through sequentially (with any Weblet having the ability to terminate early)
• The webapp pod defines a bunch of WebSteps (weblets) for ext mapping, caching security, chroming, views, etc
• Fand boot script file defines the web app:

  wisp::WispService
  {
    port = 8080
    pipeline =
    [
      webapp::AuthenticateStep,
      webapp::ResolveStep { extMap = ["html", "fan"] },
      webapp::ChromeStep,
      webapp::ViewStep,
    ]
  }

I checked the code according to our new design:

• I moved Widget/Page to webui and commented webui out for now
• I decided to have the pipeline use a new WebStep class so that Weblet didn't have to be const (it didn't seem like requiring Weblet to be const was a good move since things like the Page maintain buffer, state, etc)
• I stubbed out: FindResourceStep, FindViewStep, and ServiceViewSteps in webapp
• FindViewStep is now based on the typedb
• web::FileWeblet now implements the @webView=File.type facet
• You can use fand/demo/boot.fan to play around

I added cookie support to the web API

To get cookie in request:

Str val = req.cookies["foo"]

To set a cookie in response:

res.cookies.add(Cookie { name="foo"; value="123"; maxAge=3day })