Unless you are using the servlet 3 spec, Java is going to consume one thread per request. This is a huge limitation for many applications.
Both scala's playframework and node.js can respond asynchronously. If you want to *sell* that to your team, mention that. If you really are designing a central router, a synchronous request model seems like a major bottleneck. On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 8:39 PM, andy e <virtuala...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not much help here, but maybe vert.x is a good compromise (JVM based, but > you can use an async approach and write JS code): http://vertx.io > > The other thing that comes to mind is something I saw Mike Brevoort > present on. See > https://speakerdeck.com/mbrevoort/node-dot-js-and-me-denverjs-january-2013, > specifically the slides on Aggregation and Spindrift. > > andy > > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 2:28 PM, andreacode <accordio...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi everybody! >> >> I need some help on getting together as much information as possible on >> node.js (and its competitors), as we're going to start a quite project in >> our company, and we currently are in that phase in which you have to >> convince yourself and everybody else that this or that technology choice is >> the right one. >> >> The project is about a "Proxy API", as I often call it, a *central >> routing app* that should handle all the connections between our already >> existing applications. These are like 7 at the moment, but we want to >> separate some of them (especially the main one, a huge Ruby on Rails app >> that computes and displays quite everything behind it), so we want to >> create something very configurable, abstract, and prepared for future >> expansion of new apps. >> >> Obviously, the main point here is *availability*, as everything in the >> company (and perhaps, one day, our external clients as well) will >> constantly hit this API, and ask (and post) data, but almost nothing as to >> be computed in the API itself, we just pass the data to other apps, and >> maybe do some nice *caching* to not constantly hit other apps always for >> the same data. >> >> That said, we have to *convince the business counterpart* (we are a >> financial company) that node.js is well-suited for our use case, is ready >> for big numbers, and that (don't ask me why everyone in this damn sector >> thinks this) Java, or better the JVM, may not be the best way to go. >> Anyway, a nice comparison between the proposed languages would be very >> appreciated! >> >> Thank you in advance in any case! >> >> -- >> -- >> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> Posting guidelines: >> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "nodejs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "nodejs" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
