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Purpose
The manual describes Racket libraries for building web applications.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.racket-lang.org
Intended users
The manual is for developers building web applications with Racket libraries.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.racket-lang.org
Platforms
Racket describes its software as cross-platform for Windows, macOS, and Linux, and offers installers for those platforms.Read 8 Oct 2026 · racket-lang.org
Integrations
The Racket website lists editor support for DrRacket, VS Code, Emacs, and Vim.Read 8 Oct 2026 · racket-lang.org
Security
The security FAQ warns that continuation URLs can subvert authentication and should be protected like the information in the continuation.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.racket-lang.org
Support
The Racket website points users to Discourse and Discord as its most active community spaces, along with Slack, Reddit, and mailing lists.Read 8 Oct 2026 · racket-lang.org
License
The package listing gives the license as Apache-2.0 or MIT.Read 8 Oct 2026 · pkgs.racket-lang.org
Application utilities
The documentation includes URL-based dispatch, formlets, templates, page helpers, and servlet testing.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.racket-lang.org
HTTP features
The HTTP libraries cover requests, responses, cookies, authentication, and request bindings.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.racket-lang.org
Package status
The package listing describes web-server as an HTTP server and reports a valid license.Read 8 Oct 2026 · pkgs.racket-lang.org
Scalability
The manual recommends stateless servlets for improved scalability when possible.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.racket-lang.org
Server use
The libraries include ways to run web servlets and launch web servers.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.racket-lang.org
Servlet models
The manual describes stateful servlets, whose continuations are stored in server memory, and stateless servlets, whose continuations can be stored by the client or on server disk.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.racket-lang.org

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