Webware vs. Java Servlets

Webware is similar to Java Servlets in many ways -- the basic architecture was modelled on Java Servlets. The primary difference is that Webware is written in (and for) Python, not Java.

See python.org's Python-Java comparisons

Advantages of Webware:

• Python is much more compact: WebwareExampleVsJavaServletExample
• Python is more flexible and transparent than Java.
• All implementations of Webware are fully open source!

Places where they are equal

• Python is nearly as portable as Java

Disadvantages:

• All implementations of Webware are, well, only one implementation
• Webware is not as portable to various web servers (Apache is used primarily, IIS is used by some, other servers are unknown -- though with a CGI adapter, most would still work)
• No large companies are backing Webware