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Description: Fast asynchronous python web server (based on libevent)
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pjstevns (author)
Tue Dec 23 05:18:00 -0800 2008
william-os4y (committer)
Fri Dec 26 06:29:35 -0800 2008
fapws2 /
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file INSTALL Sat Oct 20 03:44:59 -0700 2007 initial import [william]
file LICENSE Sat Oct 20 03:44:59 -0700 2007 initial import [william]
file README Sat Oct 20 03:44:59 -0700 2007 initial import [william]
directory fapws2/ Thu Dec 25 12:37:53 -0800 2008 Memory leaks corrected by pjstevns [william-os4y]
directory sample/ Fri Dec 26 06:29:35 -0800 2008 add pylons handler [pjstevns]
file setup.cfg Fri Dec 26 05:49:32 -0800 2008 Eggify the setup files (thanks to pjstevns) [william-os4y]
file setup.py Fri Dec 26 05:49:32 -0800 2008 Eggify the setup files (thanks to pjstevns) [william-os4y]
README
Fast Asynchronous Python Web Server (fapws is short)
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This is a python web server using the wonderfull libevent library. Thus this is yet an another asynchronous web server 
like Medusa, Twisted, Apricot.
And fapws is a WSGI compliant web server.

Why a new python web server ?
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In that case, the usual question is why an new one ? In short, the answer is because the owner of Apricot does not 
answer to my mails, and because Medusa and Twisted can not go as fast as Apricot. Indeed, after several pure performance 
tests it appears that thanks to the libevent library Apricot is the fastest python web server.

But that not the only reason. Personnally, I prefer event's web server. Indeed, such architecture gives more performant 
web server and with a much more limited memory foot print. You can easly install them a memory limited machines (like 
VDS for example).

Philosophy:
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fapws must stay the most simple web server and the fastest. Thus the core of the application is quite limited. Every 
additional feature will be placed inside a contrib directory. This is valontary for disk space "foot print" reasons. 
Thus fapws must also facilitate the disk utilisation.

How to use fapws ?
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