For starters, 

 is built on the same non blocking, event driven, model as Node.js

This type of non-blocking and asynchronous programming model has become very popular of late

Although, asynchronous programming has many advantages, such as predictive performance behavior under load, it is equally challenging and tricky to implement this style of programming.

Ratpacks value proposition comes from it's ability to abstract some of the complexities associated with asnyc. programming model at the same time provide integration with best in class Java librariries to implement modern day application.

Akhilesh solanki

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