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Atmosphere

10
20
+ 1
10
Grails

385
372
+ 1
333
Tornado

431
406
+ 1
167
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Pros of Atmosphere
Pros of Grails
Pros of Tornado
  • 3
    JVM
  • 3
    Cross-Browse
  • 2
    WebSockets
  • 2
    Open source
  • 56
    Groovy
  • 40
    Jvm
  • 38
    Rapid development
  • 37
    Gorm
  • 30
    Web framework
  • 25
    Open source
  • 21
    Plugins
  • 17
    Extensible
  • 17
    Easy
  • 14
    Dynamic
  • 6
    Clean architecture (Dependency Injection)
  • 6
    Gradle
  • 5
    Clear what everything does, lots of options
  • 4
    RAD
  • 4
    Agile
  • 4
    Great documentation
  • 3
    Android
  • 3
    Spring
  • 2
    Easy setup
  • 1
    Java web apps with steroid
  • 37
    Open source
  • 31
    So fast
  • 27
    Great for microservices architecture
  • 20
    Websockets
  • 17
    Simple
  • 14
    Asynchronous
  • 11
    Python
  • 7
    Lightweight
  • 3
    Handles well persistent connexions

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Cons of Atmosphere
Cons of Grails
Cons of Tornado
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    • 3
      Frequent breaking changes
    • 2
      Undocumented features
    • 2
      Event loop is complicated

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    What is Atmosphere?

    The Atmosphere Framework contains client and server side components for building Asynchronous Web Applications. The majority of popular frameworks are either supporting Atmosphere or supported natively by the framework. The Atmosphere Framework supports all major Browsers and Servers.

    What is Grails?

    Grails is a framework used to build web applications with the Groovy programming language. The core framework is very extensible and there are numerous plugins available that provide easy integration of add-on features.

    What is Tornado?

    By using non-blocking network I/O, Tornado can scale to tens of thousands of open connections, making it ideal for long polling, WebSockets, and other applications that require a long-lived connection to each user.

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