TODOs.md

TODOs

• 1. Implement Efficient Parsing:

  • Optimize parseRequest to minimize string operations and allocations.
  • Ensure buffer sizes are appropriately allocated to avoid overflow and unnecessary reallocations.

• 2. Enhance File Serving:

  • Preload commonly accessed files into memory to serve them faster.
  • Implement file caching strategies to reduce disk I/O.

• 3. Concurrency and Threading:

  • Review thread creation in runServer to ensure efficient handling of concurrent connections.
  • Consider using a thread pool to limit the overhead of thread creation and destruction.

• 4. Optimize Network Operations:

  • Evaluate and optimize the use of sendData and receiveData for minimal latency.
  • Investigate the use of non-blocking I/O or asynchronous I/O to enhance performance.

• 5. Middleware Optimization:

  • Review the necessity and efficiency of each middleware (sanitizer_middleware, cors_middleware, security_middleware).
  • Ensure middleware does not significantly impact request handling times.

• 6. Error and Exception Handling:

  • Optimize error handling paths to ensure minimal impact on performance.
  • Ensure exceptions like FileNotFoundException are efficiently caught and handled.

• 7. Logging:

  • Assess the performance impact of logging operations.
  • Implement asynchronous logging or reduce logging verbosity in production.

• 8. Static File Directory Management:

  • Review the management of the static_files_dir to ensure efficient file lookup.
  • Implement a more efficient data structure for routing (this->routes, this->json_responses, this->html_responses).

• 9. Content-Type Determination:

  • Optimize the process of determining the content type of responses to reduce string comparisons.

• 10. Configuration and Scalability:

  • Implement configuration options for scalability, like adjusting max_connections dynamically based on load.
  • Review and optimize settings for socket to ensure optimal performance across different platforms (__linux__, _WIN32).

• 11. Security Enhancements:

  • Ensure the server is hardened against common vulnerabilities (e.g., directory traversal, file inclusion).
  • Review and optimize SecurityMiddleware for minimal performance overhead.

• 12. Testing and Profiling:

  • Conduct stress testing to identify bottlenecks in request handling.
  • Use profiling tools to identify and optimize performance-critical sections.

• 13. Documentation and Maintenance:

  • Document optimization strategies and configurations for future reference.
  • Establish a maintenance plan for regularly reviewing and updating the server’s performance.

• 14. Compliance and Standards:

  • Ensure the server's response headers and methods comply with HTTP standards.
  • Review and optimize the server to handle HTTP/1.1 persistent connections efficiently.

• 15. Client-side Performance:

  • Although the server primarily serves static content, ensure served pages are optimized for client-side performance (e.g., minification of CSS and JavaScript).

• 16. IPv6 Support: Implement dual-stack support to ensure the server can handle connections over both IPv4 and IPv6 networks.