Web Application Development in PLT Scheme

posted by Jay McCarthy

Many users often post to the plt-scheme mailing list asking for introductions to Web application development in PLT Scheme. They’ve heard of the continuation-based PLT Web Server and want a gentle introduction. Unfortunately, there has been a distinct lack of good documentation and tutorials for the server. Taking the cue from two users: Jens Axel Soegaard and David Reynolds, we’ve written a tutorial with Danny Yoo.

The tutorial is available at http://docs.plt-scheme.org/continue/index.html. It walks through the creation of a blog application, introducing features slowly and culminates in an SQL-backed database for the posts. Of particular interest, is the fast start servlet setup based on the Instaservlet package from Untyped.

Please take a look and pass along this as a pointer to those who may be interested in PLT Scheme.

Hi. Just trying to find simply-scheme.ss teachpack for DrScheme….was hoping you could point me in the right direction. Thanks.

— Jerome, 17 October 2008

If it is what I’m thinking, then you can get it at PLaneT. Search for it or its author, Danny Yoo (dyoo).

— Jay McCarthy, 17 October 2008