Comparison of web servers based on the Python programming language

Diplomsko delo je osredotočeno na primerjanje spletnih strežnikov, ki temeljijo na programskem jeziku Python. Preden smo začeli s primerjavo, smo natančneje spoznali koncepte spletnih strežnikov. Nato smo podrobneje pogledali standard WSGI, ki definira kako gostiti Python aplikacije na strežnikih. Izbrane strežnike CherryPy, Gunicorn, uWSGI, TwistedWeb in Tornado smo natančno analizirali in opisali. Na strežnike smo namestili testno spletno aplikacijo, ki smo jo razvili v programskem jeziku Python s pomočjo ogrodja Django. Nato smo implementirali obremenitvene teste s katerimi smo po testirali odzivnost in učinkovitost strežnikov. Rezultate testiranja smo uporabili za primerjavo strežnikov, ter tako ugotovili, da med izbranimi strežniki obstajajo razlike in podobnosti.The following thesis focuses on the comparison of Python-based web servers. Before we started the comparison, we got to know the concepts of web servers. We then took a closer look at the WSGI standard, which defines how to host Python applications on servers. Selected CherryPy, Gunicorn, uWSGI, TwistedWeb and Tornado servers were carefully analysed and described. We installed a test web application on servers, which we developed in Python programming language using Django framework. We then implemented load tests, which have tested performance and load of the servers. We used the test results to compare the servers, and thus found that there are differences and similarities between the selected servers