If you don't like the IoC-style approach of NAWA (using nawarun and applications as shared libraries), you can also use NAWA's new request handler as a library (since v0.5). This way, you have full control over your executable and still create a web app in a very easy way (even if not as easy as with nawarun).

Basically, you will have to provide a nawa::Config object (created manually or from an .ini file) and a function for handling requests (which will be called when a new request arrives). Access filters can optionally be provided as well.

Of course, your application will have to take care of things like privilege management itself (e.g., downgrade its privileges if started as root to enhance security).

In your request handling function itself, of course, you can use all features of NAWA just like in "classic" NAWA apps.

A working "Hello World" example with comments explaining everything you need to know to get started, can be found in examples/aslibrary.cpp.