From 91c26daa4e3b92cfb8b4a0daf75c7caf5656d3ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Yab <james.luu.yab@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2026 20:41:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Refactor project structure to separate the server library
 and demo

---
 CMakeLists.txt          | 15 ++++-----------
 demo/CMakeLists.txt     | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 {src => demo}/main.cpp  |  0
 test/HttpParserTest.cpp |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 demo/CMakeLists.txt
 rename {src => demo}/main.cpp (100%)

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1775616..d7dda67 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
-project(http_server VERSION 1.0 LANGUAGES C CXX)
+project(http_server_library VERSION 1.0 LANGUAGES C CXX)
+
+add_subdirectory(demo)
 
 set(LIBRARY "server_library")
 set(TEST_TARGET "server_tests_bin")
-set(TARGET "server_impl_bin")
 set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
 
 # Override Debug flags
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 
 
 # server library
-add_library(${LIBRARY}
+add_library(${LIBRARY} STATIC
         src/HttpServer.cpp
         src/HttpParser.cpp
         src/PathParams.cpp
@@ -47,14 +48,6 @@ include(GoogleTest)
 gtest_discover_tests(${TEST_TARGET})
 
 
-# server implementation executable
-add_executable(${TARGET}
-        src/main.cpp
-)
-target_link_options(${TARGET} PRIVATE -O0 -g --coverage)
-target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE ${LIBRARY})
-
-
 # coverage target
 # find required tools
 find_program(LCOV lcov REQUIRED)
diff --git a/demo/CMakeLists.txt b/demo/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab593ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
+project(server_demo VERSION 1.0 LANGUAGES C CXX)
+
+set(LIBRARY "server_library")
+set(TARGET "server_demo_bin")
+set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
+
+# Override Debug flags
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g -O0 --coverage")
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g -O0 --coverage")
+set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG "--coverage")
+set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG "--coverage")
+
+
+# server implementation executable
+add_executable(${TARGET}
+        main.cpp
+)
+target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE ${LIBRARY})
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/demo/main.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main.cpp
rename to demo/main.cpp
diff --git a/test/HttpParserTest.cpp b/test/HttpParserTest.cpp
index 6fe9311..7c9f9a8 100644
--- a/test/HttpParserTest.cpp
+++ b/test/HttpParserTest.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
-#include "../include/HttpParser.h"
+#include "HttpParser.h"
 
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>

From 013773837e957bf88b0bb980a7851b79a332c764 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Yab <james.luu.yab@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2026 20:41:50 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update README to reflect improved file structure and demo
 execution

---
 README.md | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0d38b57..5b44e14 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -139,8 +139,9 @@ try {
 .
 ├── src/                # Server implementation
 ├── include/            # Public headers
-├── tests/              # gtest-based test suite
-├── cmake/              # CMake helpers
+├── test/               # gtest-based test suite
+├── demo/               # demo of the library implementation
+├── benchmarks/         # k6 performance benchmark outputs with a node server comparison
 ├── .github/            # GitHub Actions workflows
 └── README.md
 ```
@@ -186,16 +187,16 @@ conan build . --build=missing -s build_type=Debug
 
 ---
 
-## Running the Server
+## Running the Server Demo
 
 Command to run the HTTP server implementation example:
 
 ```bash
 # in release mode
-./build/Release/server_impl_bin
+./build/Release/demo/server_demo_bin
 
 # in debug mode
-./build/Debug/server_impl_bin
+./build/Debug/demo/server_demo_bin
 ```
 
 ---