jwalgran/travelboard — Issue #3: Convert the backend to Node
Author: jwalgran
Created: 2011-10-16 17:26:06+00:00
State: open

The TravelBoard API is going to spend most of it's time waiting for other web services (bing, septa) to return results. A single instance of a tradional Python web framework is going to block while waiting for those results and will not be able to service a concurrent request. Node's callback-based design fits this type of app like a glove and should allow servicing many simultaneous requests without the need to buy more processing power.