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Platform as a ServiceWhat is gevent?
It is a coroutine -based Python networking library that uses greenlet to provide a high-level synchronous API on top of the libev or libuv event loop.
gevent is a tool in the Platform as a Service category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Fast event loop based on libev or libuvLightweight execution units based on greenletsAPI that re-uses concepts from the Python standard library (for examples there are events and queues)Cooperative sockets with SSL supportCooperative DNS queries performed through a threadpool, dnspython, or c-aresMonkey patching utility to get 3rd party modules to become cooperativeTCP/UDP/HTTP serversSubprocess support (through gevent.subprocess)Thread pools
gevent Pros & Cons
Pros of gevent
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Cons of gevent
- ✗Not native
gevent Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to gevent?
NGINX
nginx [engine x] is an HTTP and reverse proxy server, as well as a mail proxy server, written by Igor Sysoev. According to Netcraft nginx served or proxied 30.46% of the top million busiest sites in Jan 2018.
WordPress
The core software is built by hundreds of community volunteers, and when you’re ready for more there are thousands of plugins and themes available to transform your site into almost anything you can imagine. Over 60 million people have chosen WordPress to power the place on the web they call “home” — we’d love you to join the family.
Apache HTTP Server
The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful and flexible HTTP/1.1 compliant web server. Originally designed as a replacement for the NCSA HTTP Server, it has grown to be the most popular web server on the Internet.
