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Platform as a ServiceWhat is Waitress?
It is meant to be a production-quality pure-Python WSGI server with very acceptable performance. It has no dependencies except ones which live in the Python standard library. It runs on CPython on Unix and Windows under Python 2.7+ and Python 3.4+. It is also known to run on PyPy 1.6.0 on UNIX.
Waitress is a tool in the Platform as a Service category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Production-quality WSGI serverDont hang a thread up trying to send data to slow clientsUse self.logger to log socket errors instead of self.log_info (normalize)Remove pointless handle_error method from channelQueue requests instead of tasks in a channel
Waitress Pros & Cons
Pros of Waitress
- ✓Runs on Windows
- ✓Cross Platform
- ✓Easy setup
- ✓Fast
- ✓Light
- ✓Reliable
Cons of Waitress
No cons listed yet.
Waitress Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Waitress?
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