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author | Loïc Hoguin <[email protected]> | 2014-07-06 13:10:35 +0200 |
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committer | Loïc Hoguin <[email protected]> | 2014-07-06 13:10:35 +0200 |
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diff --git a/guide/introduction.md b/guide/introduction.md deleted file mode 100644 index 0af9039..0000000 --- a/guide/introduction.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,53 +0,0 @@ -Introduction -============ - -Cowboy is a small, fast and modular HTTP server written in Erlang. - -Cowboy aims to provide a complete HTTP stack, including its derivatives -SPDY, Websocket and REST. Cowboy currently supports HTTP/1.0, HTTP/1.1, -Websocket (all implemented drafts + standard) and Webmachine-based REST. - -Cowboy is a high quality project. It has a small code base, is very -efficient (both in latency and memory use) and can easily be embedded -in another application. - -Cowboy is clean Erlang code. It includes hundreds of tests and its code -is fully compliant with the Dialyzer. It is also well documented and -features both a Function Reference and a User Guide. - -Prerequisites -------------- - -No Erlang knowledge is required for reading this guide. The reader will -be introduced to Erlang concepts and redirected to reference material -whenever necessary. - -Knowledge of the HTTP protocol is recommended but not required, as it -will be detailed throughout the guide. - -Supported platforms -------------------- - -Cowboy is tested and supported on Linux. - -Cowboy has been reported to work on other platforms, but we make no -guarantee that the experience will be safe and smooth. You are advised -to perform the necessary testing and security audits prior to deploying -on other platforms. - -Cowboy is developed for Erlang R15B+. - -Cowboy may be compiled on earlier Erlang versions with small source code -modifications but there is no guarantee that it will work as expected. - -Conventions ------------ - -In the HTTP protocol, the method name is case sensitive. All standard -method names are uppercase. - -Header names are case insensitive. Cowboy converts all the request -header names to lowercase, and expects your application to provide -lowercase header names in the response. - -The same applies to any other case insensitive value. |