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io.js vs Tornado: What are the differences?
io.js: A friendly fork of Node.js with an open governance model. io.js is a JavaScript platform built on Chrome's V8 runtime. This project began as a fork of Joyent's Node.js and is compatible with the npm ecosystem; Tornado: A Python web framework and asynchronous networking library, originally developed at FriendFeed. 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.
io.js and Tornado can be primarily classified as "Frameworks (Full Stack)" tools.
"Compatible with NPM" is the top reason why over 6 developers like io.js, while over 34 developers mention "Open source" as the leading cause for choosing Tornado.
Tornado is an open source tool with 18K GitHub stars and 4.98K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Tornado's open source repository on GitHub.
According to the StackShare community, Tornado has a broader approval, being mentioned in 69 company stacks & 16 developers stacks; compared to io.js, which is listed in 4 company stacks and 5 developer stacks.
Pros of io.js
- ES6 features7
- Compatible with NPM7
- JavaScript6
- v84
Pros of Tornado
- Open source37
- So fast31
- Great for microservices architecture27
- Websockets20
- Simple17
- Asynchronous14
- Python11
- Lightweight7
- Handles well persistent connexions3
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Cons of io.js
Cons of Tornado
- Event loop is complicated2
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