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NodeJS vs Python: Choosing the Best Technology to Develop Back-End of Your Web App
We take courage in both hands and claim that one of these technologies is winning it. Which one?
Node.js and Python are among the most popular technologies for back-end development. The rule has it that there is no better or worse programming language, that everything depends on the preferences of a particular developer. Yet, in this article, I am going to take my courage in both hands and claim that one of these technologies — NodeJS vs Python 3 — is winning it. Which one? Let’s see.
The comparison criteria that I am going to consider are:
- Brief overview
- Architecture
- Speed
- Syntax
- Scalability
- Extensibility
- Libraries
- Universality
- Learning curve
- Community
- Apps it is best suitable for
Before I jump into detailed side-by-side comparison, you can have a look at the infographics to get some general understanding.
Brief overview
NodeJS
NodeJS is not a programming language but an open-sourced runtime environment for JavaScript. It was initially released in 2009 by Ryan Dahl. The latest version — NodeJS 12.6.0 — was released in July 2019.
The most outstanding thing about Node.js is that it is based on Google’s V8 engine. It is a virtual machine with built-in interpreter, compilers, and optimizers. Written in C++, this engine was designed by Google to be used in Google Chrome. The purpose of this engine is to compile JavaScript functions into a machine code. V8 is well-known for its high speed and constantly advancing performance.
Python
Python is an open-sourced high-level programming language. It was first released in 1991 by Guido van Rossum. The latest version is…
