Python Advantages over Node.js
- A python is an object-oriented and multipurpose programming language which can be easily mixed up with C, C++, and JAVA etc. It is clean and contains many useful language features that JavaScript doesn’t have like Generators, Decorators, and Classes etc.
- If you are familiar with Python then you should use PyPy + Tornado. It is more beneficial, productive, and maintainable than using Node.js
- Node.js claims that it is faster than Python but Python provides PyPy+ Tornado to overcome this disadvantage.
- Python is also using a lot of internet companies now a day i.e. Quora, Nextdoor, Youtube, Pinterest, Slide Share, Apture, Disqus, Mochi Media etc.
Node.js Advantages over Python
Following are some important features which make Node.js more preferable over Python.
- Node.js can be used for both client and server development.
- Node.js uses Google Chrome’s V8 engine which makes its library very fast in code execution.
- Node.js is well suited for asynchronous programming.
- Node.js is getting popular day by day. It is now using a lot of companies like Google, Microsoft, and Apple etc.
- Node.js uses non-blocking I/O throughout so, it is the best option for creating a real-time web application. For example: chat application. On the other hand, Python is the best option for creating CRUD based Applications