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<firstterm><ulink url="&Home;">The Netty <firstterm><ulink url="&Home;">The Netty
project</ulink></firstterm> is an effort to provide an asynchronous project</ulink></firstterm> is an effort to provide an asynchronous
&middot; event-driven network application framework and tooling for the event-driven network application framework and tooling for the rapid
rapid development of maintainable high-performance &middot; development of maintainable high-performance &middot; high-scalability
high-scalability protocol servers and clients. Netty is a NIO client protocol servers and clients.
server framework which enables quick and easy development of network
applications such as protocol servers and clients. -- it's often called
<firstterm>rapid network application development</firstterm>.
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
Rapid network application development doesn't mean that a resulting In other words, Netty is a NIO client server framework which enables
application will suffer from a maintainability or a performance issue. quick and easy development of network applications such as protocol
Netty has been designed carefully with the experiences earned from servers and clients. It greatly simplifies and streamlines network
the implementation of a lot of protocols such as FTP, SMTP, HTTP, and programming such as TCP/IP socket server development.
various binary and text-based legacy protocols. As a result, Netty </para>
has succeeded to find a way to achieve ease of development, <para>
performance, stability, and flexibility without a compromise. 'Quick and easy' doesn't mean that a resulting application will suffer
from a maintainability or a performance issue. Netty has been designed
carefully with the experiences earned from the implementation of a lot
of protocols such as FTP, SMTP, HTTP, and various binary and text-based
legacy protocols. As a result, Netty has succeeded to find a way to
achieve ease of development, performance, stability, and flexibility
without a compromise.
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
Some of you might already have found other network application Some of you might already have found other network application