diff --git a/examples/basics/src/main.rs b/examples/basics/src/main.rs
index 876131e2c..6c82f8769 100644
--- a/examples/basics/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/basics/src/main.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ extern crate futures;
 use futures::Stream;
 
 use std::{io, env};
-use actix_web::*;
-use actix_web::middleware::RequestSession;
+use actix_web::{error, fs, pred,
+                Application, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpServer, Result, Error};
+use actix_web::http::{Method, StatusCode};
+use actix_web::middleware::{self, RequestSession};
 use futures::future::{FutureResult, result};
 
 /// favicon handler
@@ -118,9 +120,9 @@ fn main() {
             .resource("/async/{name}", |r| r.method(Method::GET).a(index_async))
             .resource("/test", |r| r.f(|req| {
                 match *req.method() {
-                    Method::GET => httpcodes::HTTPOk,
-                    Method::POST => httpcodes::HTTPMethodNotAllowed,
-                    _ => httpcodes::HTTPNotFound,
+                    Method::GET => HttpResponse::Ok(),
+                    Method::POST => HttpResponse::MethodNotAllowed(),
+                    _ => HttpResponse::NotFound(),
                 }
             }))
             .resource("/error.html", |r| r.f(|req| {
@@ -140,7 +142,8 @@ fn main() {
             // default
             .default_resource(|r| {
                 r.method(Method::GET).f(p404);
-                r.route().filter(pred::Not(pred::Get())).f(|req| httpcodes::HTTPMethodNotAllowed);
+                r.route().filter(pred::Not(pred::Get())).f(
+                    |req| HttpResponse::MethodNotAllowed());
             }))
 
         .bind("127.0.0.1:8080").expect("Can not bind to 127.0.0.1:8080")
diff --git a/examples/diesel/src/main.rs b/examples/diesel/src/main.rs
index 06cb485d6..6a28107af 100644
--- a/examples/diesel/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/diesel/src/main.rs
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ extern crate actix;
 extern crate actix_web;
 extern crate env_logger;
 
-use actix::*;
-use actix_web::*;
+use actix::prelude::*;
+use actix_web::{http, middleware,
+                Application, HttpServer, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, Error, AsyncResponder};
 
 use diesel::prelude::*;
 use futures::future::Future;
@@ -43,8 +44,8 @@ fn index(req: HttpRequest<State>) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>>
         .from_err()
         .and_then(|res| {
             match res {
-                Ok(user) => Ok(httpcodes::HTTPOk.build().json(user)?),
-                Err(_) => Ok(httpcodes::HTTPInternalServerError.into())
+                Ok(user) => Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().json(user)?),
+                Err(_) => Ok(HttpResponse::InternalServerError().into())
             }
         })
         .responder()
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ fn main() {
         Application::with_state(State{db: addr.clone()})
             // enable logger
             .middleware(middleware::Logger::default())
-            .resource("/{name}", |r| r.method(Method::GET).a(index))})
+            .resource("/{name}", |r| r.method(http::Method::GET).a(index))})
         .bind("127.0.0.1:8080").unwrap()
         .start();
 
diff --git a/examples/hello-world/src/main.rs b/examples/hello-world/src/main.rs
index 5f1484bd2..dc97c20e6 100644
--- a/examples/hello-world/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/hello-world/src/main.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ extern crate actix;
 extern crate actix_web;
 extern crate env_logger;
 
-use actix_web::*;
+use actix_web::{Application, HttpRequest, server, middleware};
 
 
 fn index(_req: HttpRequest) -> &'static str {
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ fn main() {
     let _ = env_logger::init();
     let sys = actix::System::new("ws-example");
 
-    let _addr = HttpServer::new(
+    let _addr = server::new(
         || Application::new()
             // enable logger
             .middleware(middleware::Logger::default())
diff --git a/examples/http-proxy/src/main.rs b/examples/http-proxy/src/main.rs
index c1ca93ff1..494351abb 100644
--- a/examples/http-proxy/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/http-proxy/src/main.rs
@@ -3,23 +3,24 @@ extern crate actix_web;
 extern crate futures;
 extern crate env_logger;
 
-use actix_web::*;
 use futures::{Future, Stream};
-
+use actix_web::{client, server, middleware,
+                Application, AsyncResponder, Body,
+                HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpMessage, Error};
 
 /// Stream client request response and then send body to a server response
 fn index(_req: HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>> {
     client::ClientRequest::get("https://www.rust-lang.org/en-US/")
         .finish().unwrap()
         .send()
-        .map_err(error::Error::from)   // <- convert SendRequestError to an Error
+        .map_err(Error::from)   // <- convert SendRequestError to an Error
         .and_then(
             |resp| resp.body()         // <- this is MessageBody type, resolves to complete body
                 .from_err()            // <- convert PayloadError to a Error
                 .and_then(|body| {     // <- we got complete body, now send as server response
-                    httpcodes::HttpOk.build()
+                    HttpResponse::Ok()
                         .body(body)
-                        .map_err(error::Error::from)
+                        .map_err(Error::from)
                 }))
         .responder()
 }
@@ -30,9 +31,9 @@ fn streaming(_req: HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>> {
     client::ClientRequest::get("https://www.rust-lang.org/en-US/")
         .finish().unwrap()
         .send()                         // <- connect to host and send request
-        .map_err(error::Error::from)    // <- convert SendRequestError to an Error
+        .map_err(Error::from)    // <- convert SendRequestError to an Error
         .and_then(|resp| {              // <- we received client response
-            httpcodes::HttpOk.build()
+            HttpResponse::Ok()
                 // read one chunk from client response and send this chunk to a server response
                 // .from_err() converts PayloadError to a Error
                 .body(Body::Streaming(Box::new(resp.from_err())))
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ fn main() {
     env_logger::init();
     let sys = actix::System::new("http-proxy");
 
-    let _addr = HttpServer::new(
+    let _addr = server::new(
         || Application::new()
             .middleware(middleware::Logger::default())
             .resource("/streaming", |r| r.f(streaming))
diff --git a/examples/json/src/main.rs b/examples/json/src/main.rs
index 7078c586b..40891d319 100644
--- a/examples/json/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/json/src/main.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ extern crate serde_json;
 #[macro_use] extern crate serde_derive;
 #[macro_use] extern crate json;
 
-use actix_web::*;
+use actix_web::{middleware, http, error, server,
+                Application, AsyncResponder,
+                HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpMessage, Error, Json};
 
 use bytes::BytesMut;
 use futures::{Future, Stream};
@@ -25,15 +27,15 @@ fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>> {
         .from_err()  // convert all errors into `Error`
         .and_then(|val: MyObj| {
             println!("model: {:?}", val);
-            Ok(httpcodes::HTTPOk.build().json(val)?)  // <- send response
+            Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().json(val)?)  // <- send response
         })
         .responder()
 }
 
 /// This handler uses `With` helper for loading serde json object.
-fn extract_item(item: Json<MyObj>) -> Result<HttpResponse> {
+fn extract_item(item: Json<MyObj>) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
     println!("model: {:?}", &item);
-    httpcodes::HTTPOk.build().json(item.0)  // <- send response
+    HttpResponse::Ok().json(item.0)  // <- send response
 }
 
 const MAX_SIZE: usize = 262_144;  // max payload size is 256k
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ fn index_manual(req: HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>>
         .and_then(|body| {
             // body is loaded, now we can deserialize serde-json
             let obj = serde_json::from_slice::<MyObj>(&body)?;
-            Ok(httpcodes::HTTPOk.build().json(obj)?) // <- send response
+            Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().json(obj)?) // <- send response
         })
         .responder()
 }
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ fn index_mjsonrust(req: HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Erro
             // body is loaded, now we can deserialize json-rust
             let result = json::parse(std::str::from_utf8(&body).unwrap()); // return Result
             let injson: JsonValue = match result { Ok(v) => v, Err(e) => object!{"err" => e.to_string() } };
-            Ok(HttpResponse::build(StatusCode::OK)
+            Ok(HttpResponse::Ok()
                 .content_type("application/json")
                 .body(injson.dump()).unwrap())
         })
@@ -87,15 +89,15 @@ fn main() {
     let _ = env_logger::init();
     let sys = actix::System::new("json-example");
 
-    let addr = HttpServer::new(|| {
+    let _ = server::new(|| {
         Application::new()
             // enable logger
             .middleware(middleware::Logger::default())
             .resource("/extractor/{name}/{number}/",
-                      |r| r.method(Method::GET).with(extract_item))
-            .resource("/manual", |r| r.method(Method::POST).f(index_manual))
-            .resource("/mjsonrust", |r| r.method(Method::POST).f(index_mjsonrust))
-            .resource("/", |r| r.method(Method::POST).f(index))})
+                      |r| r.method(http::Method::GET).with(extract_item))
+            .resource("/manual", |r| r.method(http::Method::POST).f(index_manual))
+            .resource("/mjsonrust", |r| r.method(http::Method::POST).f(index_mjsonrust))
+            .resource("/", |r| r.method(http::Method::POST).f(index))})
         .bind("127.0.0.1:8080").unwrap()
         .shutdown_timeout(1)
         .start();
diff --git a/examples/juniper/src/main.rs b/examples/juniper/src/main.rs
index c0be2754e..a377b581e 100644
--- a/examples/juniper/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/juniper/src/main.rs
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ extern crate actix;
 extern crate actix_web;
 extern crate env_logger;
 
-use actix::*;
-use actix_web::*;
+use actix::prelude::*;
+use actix_web::{middleware, http, server,
+                Application, AsyncResponder,
+                HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpMessage, Error};
 use juniper::http::graphiql::graphiql_source;
 use juniper::http::GraphQLRequest;
 
@@ -61,9 +63,9 @@ impl Handler<GraphQLData> for GraphQLExecutor {
     }
 }
 
-fn graphiql(_req: HttpRequest<State>) -> Result<HttpResponse>  {
+fn graphiql(_req: HttpRequest<State>) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error>  {
     let html = graphiql_source("http://127.0.0.1:8080/graphql");
-    Ok(HttpResponse::build(StatusCode::OK)
+    Ok(HttpResponse::Ok()
         .content_type("text/html; charset=utf-8")
         .body(html).unwrap())
 }
@@ -77,8 +79,8 @@ fn graphql(req: HttpRequest<State>) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error
                 .from_err()
                 .and_then(|res| {
                     match res {
-                        Ok(user) => Ok(httpcodes::HTTPOk.build().body(user)?),
-                        Err(_) => Ok(httpcodes::HTTPInternalServerError.into())
+                        Ok(user) => Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().body(user)?),
+                        Err(_) => Ok(HttpResponse::InternalServerError().into())
                     }
                 })
         })
@@ -96,12 +98,12 @@ fn main() {
     });
 
     // Start http server
-    let _addr = HttpServer::new(move || {
+    let _ = server::new(move || {
         Application::with_state(State{executor: addr.clone()})
             // enable logger
             .middleware(middleware::Logger::default())
-            .resource("/graphql", |r| r.method(Method::POST).a(graphql))
-            .resource("/graphiql", |r| r.method(Method::GET).f(graphiql))})
+            .resource("/graphql", |r| r.method(http::Method::POST).h(graphql))
+            .resource("/graphiql", |r| r.method(http::Method::GET).h(graphiql))})
         .bind("127.0.0.1:8080").unwrap()
         .start();
 
diff --git a/examples/multipart/src/main.rs b/examples/multipart/src/main.rs
index 343dde167..90a019467 100644
--- a/examples/multipart/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/multipart/src/main.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ extern crate env_logger;
 extern crate futures;
 
 use actix::*;
-use actix_web::*;
+use actix_web::{
+    http, middleware, multipart, server,
+    Application, AsyncResponder, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpMessage, Error};
 
 use futures::{Future, Stream};
 use futures::future::{result, Either};
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>>
             }
         })
         .finish()  // <- Stream::finish() combinator from actix
-        .map(|_| httpcodes::HTTPOk.into())
+        .map(|_| HttpResponse::Ok().into())
         .responder()
 }
 
@@ -47,10 +49,10 @@ fn main() {
     let _ = env_logger::init();
     let sys = actix::System::new("multipart-example");
 
-    let addr = HttpServer::new(
+    let _ = server::new(
         || Application::new()
             .middleware(middleware::Logger::default()) // <- logger
-            .resource("/multipart", |r| r.method(Method::POST).a(index)))
+            .resource("/multipart", |r| r.method(http::Method::POST).a(index)))
         .bind("127.0.0.1:8080").unwrap()
         .start();
 
diff --git a/examples/protobuf/src/main.rs b/examples/protobuf/src/main.rs
index 6c67789f1..77ecf7bfb 100644
--- a/examples/protobuf/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/protobuf/src/main.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ extern crate prost;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate prost_derive;
 
-use actix_web::*;
 use futures::Future;
+use actix_web::{
+    http, middleware, server,
+    Application, AsyncResponder, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, Error};
 
 mod protobuf;
 use protobuf::ProtoBufResponseBuilder;
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>> {
         .from_err()  // convert all errors into `Error`
         .and_then(|val: MyObj| {
             println!("model: {:?}", val);
-            Ok(httpcodes::HTTPOk.build().protobuf(val)?)  // <- send response
+            Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().protobuf(val)?)  // <- send response
         })
         .responder()
 }
@@ -39,13 +41,13 @@ fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>> {
 
 fn main() {
     ::std::env::set_var("RUST_LOG", "actix_web=info");
-    let _ = env_logger::init();
+    env_logger::init();
     let sys = actix::System::new("protobuf-example");
 
-    let addr = HttpServer::new(|| {
+    let _ = server::new(|| {
         Application::new()
             .middleware(middleware::Logger::default())
-            .resource("/", |r| r.method(Method::POST).f(index))})
+            .resource("/", |r| r.method(http::Method::POST).f(index))})
         .bind("127.0.0.1:8080").unwrap()
         .shutdown_timeout(1)
         .start();
diff --git a/examples/protobuf/src/protobuf.rs b/examples/protobuf/src/protobuf.rs
index d49d0b9fd..9d9834f12 100644
--- a/examples/protobuf/src/protobuf.rs
+++ b/examples/protobuf/src/protobuf.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use prost::Message;
 use prost::DecodeError as ProtoBufDecodeError;
 use prost::EncodeError as ProtoBufEncodeError;
 
-use actix_web::header::http::{CONTENT_TYPE, CONTENT_LENGTH};
+use actix_web::http::header::{CONTENT_TYPE, CONTENT_LENGTH};
 use actix_web::{Responder, HttpMessage, HttpRequest, HttpResponse};
 use actix_web::dev::HttpResponseBuilder;
 use actix_web::error::{Error, PayloadError, ResponseError};
diff --git a/examples/r2d2/src/main.rs b/examples/r2d2/src/main.rs
index 4c6ebfc9a..117675b89 100644
--- a/examples/r2d2/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/r2d2/src/main.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ extern crate r2d2;
 extern crate r2d2_sqlite;
 extern crate rusqlite;
 
-use actix::*;
-use actix_web::*;
+use actix::prelude::*;
+use actix_web::{
+    middleware, http, server,
+    Application, AsyncResponder, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, Error};
 use futures::future::Future;
 use r2d2_sqlite::SqliteConnectionManager;
 
@@ -32,8 +34,8 @@ fn index(req: HttpRequest<State>) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>>
         .from_err()
         .and_then(|res| {
             match res {
-                Ok(user) => Ok(httpcodes::HTTPOk.build().json(user)?),
-                Err(_) => Ok(httpcodes::HTTPInternalServerError.into())
+                Ok(user) => Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().json(user)?),
+                Err(_) => Ok(HttpResponse::InternalServerError().into())
             }
         })
         .responder()
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ fn index(req: HttpRequest<State>) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>>
 
 fn main() {
     ::std::env::set_var("RUST_LOG", "actix_web=debug");
-    let _ = env_logger::init();
+    env_logger::init();
     let sys = actix::System::new("r2d2-example");
 
     // r2d2 pool
@@ -52,11 +54,11 @@ fn main() {
     let addr = SyncArbiter::start(3, move || DbExecutor(pool.clone()));
 
     // Start http server
-    let _addr = HttpServer::new(move || {
+    let _ = server::new(move || {
         Application::with_state(State{db: addr.clone()})
             // enable logger
             .middleware(middleware::Logger::default())
-            .resource("/{name}", |r| r.method(Method::GET).a(index))})
+            .resource("/{name}", |r| r.method(http::Method::GET).a(index))})
         .bind("127.0.0.1:8080").unwrap()
         .start();
 
diff --git a/examples/state/src/main.rs b/examples/state/src/main.rs
index e1f1a93c4..b9d1206da 100644
--- a/examples/state/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/state/src/main.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ extern crate env_logger;
 
 use std::cell::Cell;
 
-use actix::*;
-use actix_web::*;
+use actix::prelude::*;
+use actix_web::{
+    http, server, ws, middleware,
+    Application, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, Error};
 
 /// Application state
 struct AppState {
@@ -18,12 +20,11 @@ struct AppState {
 }
 
 /// simple handle
-fn index(req: HttpRequest<AppState>) -> HttpResponse {
+fn index(req: HttpRequest<AppState>) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
     println!("{:?}", req);
     req.state().counter.set(req.state().counter.get() + 1);
 
-    httpcodes::HTTPOk.with_body(
-        format!("Num of requests: {}", req.state().counter.get()))
+    HttpResponse::Ok().body(format!("Num of requests: {}", req.state().counter.get()))
 }
 
 /// `MyWebSocket` counts how many messages it receives from peer,
@@ -58,14 +59,15 @@ fn main() {
     let _ = env_logger::init();
     let sys = actix::System::new("ws-example");
 
-    let addr = HttpServer::new(
+    let _ = server::new(
         || Application::with_state(AppState{counter: Cell::new(0)})
             // enable logger
             .middleware(middleware::Logger::default())
             // websocket route
             .resource(
                 "/ws/", |r|
-                r.method(Method::GET).f(|req| ws::start(req, MyWebSocket{counter: 0})))
+                r.method(http::Method::GET).f(
+                    |req| ws::start(req, MyWebSocket{counter: 0})))
             // register simple handler, handle all methods
             .resource("/", |r| r.f(index)))
         .bind("127.0.0.1:8080").unwrap()
diff --git a/examples/template_tera/src/main.rs b/examples/template_tera/src/main.rs
index 17a14c70c..7876a9163 100644
--- a/examples/template_tera/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/template_tera/src/main.rs
@@ -4,14 +4,17 @@ extern crate env_logger;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate tera;
 
-use actix_web::*;
+use actix_web::{
+    http, error, middleware, server,
+    Application, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, Error,
+};
 
 
 struct State {
     template: tera::Tera,  // <- store tera template in application state
 }
 
-fn index(req: HttpRequest<State>) -> Result<HttpResponse> {
+fn index(req: HttpRequest<State>) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
     let s = if let Some(name) = req.query().get("name") { // <- submitted form
         let mut ctx = tera::Context::new();
         ctx.add("name", &name.to_owned());
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@ fn index(req: HttpRequest<State>) -> Result<HttpResponse> {
         req.state().template.render("index.html", &tera::Context::new())
             .map_err(|_| error::ErrorInternalServerError("Template error"))?
     };
-    Ok(httpcodes::HTTPOk.build()
+    Ok(HttpResponse::Ok()
        .content_type("text/html")
        .body(s)?)
 }
@@ -32,13 +35,13 @@ fn main() {
     let _ = env_logger::init();
     let sys = actix::System::new("tera-example");
 
-    let addr = HttpServer::new(|| {
+    let _ = server::new(|| {
         let tera = compile_templates!(concat!(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"), "/templates/**/*"));
 
         Application::with_state(State{template: tera})
             // enable logger
             .middleware(middleware::Logger::default())
-            .resource("/", |r| r.method(Method::GET).f(index))})
+            .resource("/", |r| r.method(http::Method::GET).f(index))})
         .bind("127.0.0.1:8080").unwrap()
         .start();
 
diff --git a/examples/tls/src/main.rs b/examples/tls/src/main.rs
index ccdf454df..3f696f41c 100644
--- a/examples/tls/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/tls/src/main.rs
@@ -4,15 +4,16 @@ extern crate actix_web;
 extern crate env_logger;
 extern crate openssl;
 
-use actix_web::*;
 use openssl::ssl::{SslMethod, SslAcceptor, SslFiletype};
+use actix_web::{
+    http, middleware, server,
+    Application, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, Error};
 
 
 /// simple handle
-fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse> {
+fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
     println!("{:?}", req);
-    Ok(httpcodes::HTTPOk
-       .build()
+    Ok(HttpResponse::Ok()
        .content_type("text/plain")
        .body("Welcome!")?)
 }
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ fn main() {
     if ::std::env::var("RUST_LOG").is_err() {
         ::std::env::set_var("RUST_LOG", "actix_web=info");
     }
-    let _ = env_logger::init();
+    env_logger::init();
     let sys = actix::System::new("ws-example");
 
     // load ssl keys
@@ -29,18 +30,17 @@ fn main() {
     builder.set_private_key_file("key.pem", SslFiletype::PEM).unwrap();
     builder.set_certificate_chain_file("cert.pem").unwrap();
 
-    let addr = HttpServer::new(
+    let _ = server::new(
         || Application::new()
             // enable logger
             .middleware(middleware::Logger::default())
             // register simple handler, handle all methods
             .resource("/index.html", |r| r.f(index))
             // with path parameters
-            .resource("/", |r| r.method(Method::GET).f(|req| {
-                httpcodes::HTTPFound
-                    .build()
+            .resource("/", |r| r.method(http::Method::GET).f(|req| {
+                HttpResponse::Found()
                     .header("LOCATION", "/index.html")
-                    .body(Body::Empty)
+                    .finish()
             })))
         .bind("127.0.0.1:8443").unwrap()
         .start_ssl(builder).unwrap();
diff --git a/examples/web-cors/backend/src/main.rs b/examples/web-cors/backend/src/main.rs
index 197e918b6..021730dd4 100644
--- a/examples/web-cors/backend/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/web-cors/backend/src/main.rs
@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@ extern crate futures;
 extern crate actix;
 extern crate actix_web;
 extern crate env_logger;
-extern crate http;
 
 use std::env;
-use http::header;
-use actix_web::*;
-use actix_web::middleware::cors;
+use actix_web::{
+    http, middleware, server,
+    Application};
 
 mod user;
 use user::info;
@@ -22,20 +21,21 @@ fn main() {
 
     let sys = actix::System::new("Actix-web-CORS");
 
-    HttpServer::new(
+    server::new(
         || Application::new()
             .middleware(middleware::Logger::default())
             .resource("/user/info", |r| {
-                cors::Cors::build()
-                .allowed_origin("http://localhost:1234")
-                .allowed_methods(vec!["GET", "POST"])
+                middleware::cors::Cors::build()
+                    .allowed_origin("http://localhost:1234")
+                    .allowed_methods(vec!["GET", "POST"])
                     .allowed_headers(
-                        vec![header::AUTHORIZATION,
-                             header::ACCEPT, header::CONTENT_TYPE])
+                        vec![http::header::AUTHORIZATION,
+                             http::header::ACCEPT,
+                             http::header::CONTENT_TYPE])
                     .max_age(3600)
                     .finish().expect("Can not create CORS middleware")
                     .register(r);
-                r.method(Method::POST).a(info);
+                r.method(http::Method::POST).a(info);
             }))
         .bind("127.0.0.1:8000").unwrap()
         .shutdown_timeout(200)
diff --git a/examples/web-cors/backend/src/user.rs b/examples/web-cors/backend/src/user.rs
index ae172eff2..74a9c3f02 100644
--- a/examples/web-cors/backend/src/user.rs
+++ b/examples/web-cors/backend/src/user.rs
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ struct Info {
 }
 
 pub fn info(req: HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>> {
-    req.json()                   
+    req.json()
         .from_err()
         .and_then(|res: Info| {
-            Ok(httpcodes::HTTPOk.build().json(res)?)
+            Ok(httpcodes::HttpOk.build().json(res)?)
         }).responder()
 }
diff --git a/examples/websocket-chat/src/main.rs b/examples/websocket-chat/src/main.rs
index dccd768aa..df5ade3be 100644
--- a/examples/websocket-chat/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/websocket-chat/src/main.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ extern crate actix_web;
 use std::time::Instant;
 
 use actix::*;
-use actix_web::*;
+use actix_web::{
+    http, fs, ws,
+    Application, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpServer, Error};
 
 mod codec;
 mod server;
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ struct WsChatSessionState {
 }
 
 /// Entry point for our route
-fn chat_route(req: HttpRequest<WsChatSessionState>) -> Result<HttpResponse> {
+fn chat_route(req: HttpRequest<WsChatSessionState>) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
     ws::start(
         req,
         WsChatSession {
@@ -190,9 +192,8 @@ fn main() {
 
             Application::with_state(state)
                 // redirect to websocket.html
-                .resource("/", |r| r.method(Method::GET).f(|_| {
-                    httpcodes::HTTPFound
-                        .build()
+                .resource("/", |r| r.method(http::Method::GET).f(|_| {
+                    HttpResponse::Found()
                         .header("LOCATION", "/static/websocket.html")
                         .finish()
                 }))
diff --git a/examples/websocket/src/main.rs b/examples/websocket/src/main.rs
index f97b948de..201909f58 100644
--- a/examples/websocket/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/websocket/src/main.rs
@@ -8,11 +8,14 @@ extern crate actix;
 extern crate actix_web;
 extern crate env_logger;
 
-use actix::*;
-use actix_web::*;
+use actix::prelude::*;
+use actix_web::{
+    http, middleware, server, fs, ws,
+    Application, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, Error,
+};
 
 /// do websocket handshake and start `MyWebSocket` actor
-fn ws_index(r: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse> {
+fn ws_index(r: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
     ws::start(r, MyWebSocket)
 }
 
@@ -47,12 +50,12 @@ fn main() {
     let _ = env_logger::init();
     let sys = actix::System::new("ws-example");
 
-    let _addr = HttpServer::new(
+    server::new(
         || Application::new()
             // enable logger
             .middleware(middleware::Logger::default())
             // websocket route
-            .resource("/ws/", |r| r.method(Method::GET).f(ws_index))
+            .resource("/ws/", |r| r.method(http::Method::GET).f(ws_index))
             // static files
             .handler("/", fs::StaticFiles::new("../static/", true)
                      .index_file("index.html")))
diff --git a/src/helpers.rs b/src/helpers.rs
index b93125b10..fe246907a 100644
--- a/src/helpers.rs
+++ b/src/helpers.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ use httpresponse::HttpResponse;
 /// # #[macro_use] extern crate serde_derive;
 /// # use actix_web::*;
 /// use actix_web::http::NormalizePath;
-/// #
+///
 /// # fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> httpcodes::StaticResponse {
 /// #     httpcodes::HttpOk
 /// # }
diff --git a/src/server/mod.rs b/src/server/mod.rs
index 1e173fc48..3d4e58a3e 100644
--- a/src/server/mod.rs
+++ b/src/server/mod.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ use httpresponse::HttpResponse;
 /// max buffer size 64k
 pub(crate) const MAX_WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE: usize = 65_536;
 
+/// Create new http server with application factory
+pub fn new<F, U, H>(factory: F) -> HttpServer<H>
+    where F: Fn() -> U + Sync + Send + 'static,
+          U: IntoIterator<Item=H> + 'static,
+          H: IntoHttpHandler + 'static
+{
+    HttpServer::new(factory)
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Copy)]
 /// Server keep-alive setting
 pub enum KeepAlive {