Tornado is great because it's so damn simple. Just a couple of nice little libraries that work well together. It doesn't try to be sneaky about anything, so a g

Tornado is great because it's so damn simple. Just a couple of nice little libraries that work well together. It doesn't try to be sneaky about anything, so a glance at the code on Github is usually enough to determine what's going on behind the scenes, and whether or not it's going to be a problem. I've built a few small sites with it, and it's great for experimenting with custom architectures. It doesn't really assume anything about your data or architecture, so you're free to build things on top of it. If you want extra features, they need to come from somewhere else. If you want an integrated solution to knock out a CRUD website in a weekend, you should look at something like Django (which is also fantastic).