What python based ajax push servers are good to work with

Question

I have a web application im currently working on in python. I'm using Django as my web framework currently. I intend to integrate real-time web features into the application using ajax push. However, I'm a bit confused as to what python based push server i should adopt. I've heard of a few of them, Orbited, Gevent, Tornado, but my main issue right now is that i'm a green horn when it comes to realtime web applications. I'd like to use python and i'd like a framework with good documentation.

Answer 1

A lot of people choose gevent for webapps with real-time features because of the speed, ease of use and a number of supporting packages.

Take a look at these packages:

• gevent-socketio
• django-socketio

and these tutorials:

• Evented Django part one: Socket.IO and gevent
• New and hot, part 4: Pyramid, Socket.IO and Gevent
• Real-time Web Apps with Django and WebSockets

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

I think the most popular is tornado open-sourced by facebook. It also has pretty decent documentation.

Answer 3

APE seems a cool thing.

I think it's not a problem to make it work with PDjango as a backend.