For a multiplayer, realtime, text-based game, like a quiz, should I dive in nodejs or Tornado?
I know Python but never played with server-side javascript before.
I know Python but never played with server-side javascript before.
Whichever you choose, you may find that http://socket.io/ saves you some time by inventing various wheels you may have needed to reinvent (for use with tornado, see the tornadio project).