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Async for the Python 2 Programmer

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# Background

  • Why async? CPU bound vs IO bound processes.
  • Concurrency is not the same as multithreading
  • Single threaded concurrency

# Generators - already in Python 2 !

  • Generator - a function you can pause!
  • How to implement async with generators and event loop in Python 2
  • Real working code - a Python version of the JavaScript setTimeout function

# What is new in Python 3 ?

  • async/await - really generators in disguise!
  • asyncio library - ready made event loop and IO
  • new syntax and new library are independent - you can mix and match old and new!

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