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libevent vs Play!

A side-by-side look at libevent and Play!. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

libevent

libevent

Development

libevent is an event notification library for developing high performance network servers. It provides APIs for event scheduling that allow callbacks when I/O events occur or after a time delay.

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Play!

Play!

Development

Play! is an open-source web application framework that uses the Java programming language. It is lightweight, stateless, web-friendly, and built for developer productivity. Play! allows rapid application development, making it easy to get started and iterate quickly.

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