Will Vert.x pose a threat to the Node.js user base due to its much better performance?

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Answer 1

It seems that Node.js even really dominates today (except, of course, the Hacker News community), it did not even have version 1.0. It's ridiculous to think about what can replace it already :)

Performance is good (although micro-tests are not suitable for this, but if this is the only thing that matters, we will all write custom web servers in C for each application. One of the other important things is community support, which is currently specific to Node .js. It has a very healthy open source community (this is the key) community that has created a large library of tools.

I think Vert.x is interesting and has a different way of looking at things than Node.js, which is great. If they can continue to move forward, attract more people interested in this, and show that it’s easier and faster to write web applications, and then who knows? Perhaps in a few years we will be able to discuss what will threaten the future of Vert.x.

Answer 2

There are a few interesting things raised by this micro benchmark, which may be worth contacting Node, but it is very important to remember that no one doing 100 million hits per day (as these tests show) does this one machine. They do this on many machines.

There are certain levels in which faster languages ​​matter (see, for example, Twitter, which transfers the backend from Ruby to Java), but it is very rare to get to this position.

Most people need a language that is clean and easy to program, and a good ecosystem.

Vert.x has no ecosystem. If you need a JVM-based system, you can get many options there. If you need a Javascript based system, the best option now is Node.js. It's simple.