Combining node.js and Python

Question

Node.js is a perfect match for our web project, but there are few computational tasks for which we would prefer Python. We also already have a Python code for them. We are h

Answer 1

I'd recommend using some work queue using, for example, the excellent Gearman, which will provide you with a great way to dispatch background jobs, and asynchronously get their result once they're processed.

The advantage of this, used heavily at Digg (among many others) is that it provides a strong, scalable and robust way to make workers in any language to speak with clients in any language.