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Finagle

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Netty

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Orleans

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Pros of Finagle
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Pros of Orleans
  • 4
    Fast
  • 3
    HTTP-friendly
  • 3
    Open Source
  • 9
    High Performance
  • 4
    Easy to use
  • 3
    Just like it
  • 5
    Akka.net alternative
  • 5
    Async/Await
  • 4
    Open source
  • 4
    Distributed ACID Transactions
  • 4
    Scalable
  • 4
    Distributed high-scale computing applications
  • 4
    Virtual Actor Model
  • 3
    Objects
  • 3
    Cross Platform
  • 3
    Distributed Locking
  • 2
    Fast

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      What is Finagle?

      Finagle is an extensible RPC system for the JVM, used to construct high-concurrency servers. Finagle implements uniform client and server APIs for several protocols, and is designed for high performance and concurrency.

      What is Netty?

      Netty is a NIO client server framework which enables quick and easy development of network applications such as protocol servers and clients. It greatly simplifies and streamlines network programming such as TCP and UDP socket server.

      What is Orleans?

      Orleans is a framework that provides a straightforward approach to building distributed high-scale computing applications, without the need to learn and apply complex concurrency or other scaling patterns. It was created by Microsoft Research and designed for use in the cloud.

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