event-based-programming
What are the use cases of Node.js vs Twisted?
Twisted is more mature — it’s been around for a long, long time, and has so many bells and whistles as to make your head spin (implementations of the fanciest protocols, integration of the reactor with a large variety of other event loops, and so forth). Node.js is said to be faster (I have not … Read more
What’s the difference between: Asynchronous, Non-Blocking, Event-Base architectures?
Asynchronous Asynchronous literally means not synchronous. Email is asynchronous. You send a mail, you don’t expect to get a response NOW. But it is not non-blocking. Essentially what it means is an architecture where “components” send messages to each other without expecting a response immediately. HTTP requests are synchronous. Send a request and get a … Read more