ASIHTTPRequest vs NSURLConnection

Question

Just wondering which is faster in terms of performance and usability? Or if there\'s anything better out there?

Answer 1

ASIHTTPRequest is just so much better than NSURLConnection it's ridiculous. It's more powerful AND simpler. I recommend it pretty much every time I see a question here related to NSURLConnection.

I don't know of any other http client library. I'm not religious about ASIHTTPRequest--if a better tool came along, I'd use it. But ASI has SO nailed it, it's hard to think of anybody else reinventing that particular wheel.

EDIT Feb 2012: As of a few months ago, ASIHTTPRequest is deprecated and its author recommends using something else. AFNetworking seems a popular choice, though I haven't used it personally.

I mention this here because this question and answer remain popular, and it seems people don't know about this change.