6 Web Application Scheme
| #lang plai/web | package: plai-lib |
The Web Application Scheme language allows you to write server-side Web applications for the PLT Web Server.
For more information about writing Web applications, see: Web Applications in Racket.
When you click on the Run button in DrRacket, your Web application is launched in the Web server.
The application is available at http://localhost:8000/servlets/standalone.rkt.
The Web Application Scheme language will automatically load this URL in your Web browser.
You may use no-web-browser to prevent the browser from being launched and static-files-path to serve additional static files.
6.1 Web Application Exports
A Web application must define a procedure start:
procedure
(start initial-request) → response?
initial-request : request?
The initial request to a Web application is serviced by this procedure.