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Express.js and Ktor web serverperformance : A comparative study

As more and more companies use the internet to grow their businesses and sales, it is crucial to have a fast and responsive site that keeps customers on the site. Hence, comparing two web frameworks with respect to response time is vital, as it is a significant part of delivering the page. The comparison will help developers to choose between Express.js and Ktor. Our research shows how the two frameworks, Ktor and Express.js, compare in response times for static and dynamic pages for a set of concurrent users. The comparison will explain how the frameworks’ response times change when having a different number of concurrent users and delivering static vs. dynamic content. An experiment with Locust was conducted to obtain the data needed to show the differences in response time for the two frameworks. Additionally, a literature study was conducted to find the best way to structure the servers, design the tests, and find information on how the frameworks should perform. We found that Express.js has an overall better response time than Ktor. At the same time, it was found that the Object Relational Mapper used with Ktor affected result more than the Object Relational Mapper used with Express.js. Hence, we conclude that Express.js is the better choice, but since both frameworks had low response times, we would say that even Ktor is a valid choice.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:bth-23032
Date January 2022
CreatorsGlantz, Isac, Hurtig, Hampus
PublisherBlekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för programvaruteknik
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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