From 819255fd01bbe3a9737ee47817579cde1dc2aac1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kenneth Reitz Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 00:54:32 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] waitress --- docs/scenarios/web.rst | 13 ++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/scenarios/web.rst b/docs/scenarios/web.rst index 7b2da9e..d68712c 100644 --- a/docs/scenarios/web.rst +++ b/docs/scenarios/web.rst @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ with a heavier focus on modularity. It comes with a smaller number of libraries ("batteries") built-in, and encourages users to extend its base functionality. -Pyramid does not have a large user base, ulike Django and Flask. It's a +Pyramid does not have a large user base, unlike Django and Flask. It's a capable framework, but not a very popular choice for new Python web applications today. @@ -151,6 +151,17 @@ are much more difficult to effectively use. Gunicorn is the recommended choice for new Python web applications today. + +Waitress +-------- + +`Waitress `_ is a pure-python WSGI server +that claims "very acceptable performance". It's documentation is not very +detailed, but it offers some nice functionality that Gunicorn doesn't have +(HTTP request buffering). + +Waitress is gaining popularity within the Python web development community. + .. _uwsgi-ref: uWSGI