gothpy-asyncio

GothPy presentation / demonstration August 2017

Notes:

• async def await & yield?
• The seven functions you need:
  • asyncio.get_event_loop()
  • loop.create_task()
  • loop.run_until_complete()
  • loop.run_forever()
  • asyncio.gather()
  • loop.run_in_executor()
  • loop.close()
• asyncio & https://github.com/aio-libs
• Python 3.4 vs Python 3.5
  • @coroutine / yield from vs. async / await.
• New in Python 3.6:
  • asyncio API changed and labeled stable
  • PEP 525: Asynchronous Generators
  • PEP 530: Asynchronous Comprehensions
• Event loop implementations:
  • https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio-eventloops.html
  • https://github.com/MagicStack/uvloop