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Do F# Web frameworks exist with Websocket Secure support? (WSS) SSL

I am unsure if Web frameworks for F# exist that support Websocket Secure (WSS). I want to make a mobile app that communicates with an F# webserver on AWS. I want to encrypt the data.

If such a framework exists, what is the name of it?

Thanks

Solution

  • One of them is ASP.NET Core. The framework itself isn't written in F# it does however run on the .NET Core platform, as does F#. The benefit of this is that the framework can be leveraged from F#.

    The ASP.NET Core stack supports Websockets in a managed C# style. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/websockets?view=aspnetcore-2.1

    ASP.Net Core is however only a small part of the ASP.NET family of frameworks. One of the common companions is ASP.Net Core MVC which is a C# oriented web framework, MVC can be leveraged from F# as well although it might not be the most natural fit for F#'s FP first style. On the same level as MVC there are other frameworks that fit into the ASP.NET Core pipeline, one such example is Giraffe which is a FP first alternative to MVC.

    Higher levels of duplex communication between server and client is provided by SignalR, another ASP.NET framework.