Python’s asynchronous programming functionality, or async for short, allows you to write programs that get more work done by not waiting for independent tasks to finish. The asyncio library included ...

Learn how to use Python’s async functions, threads, and multiprocessing capabilities to juggle tasks and improve the responsiveness of your applications. If you program in Python, you have most likely ...

This adds the coroutine to the current event loop as a Task, passing it any args you may specify and giving it a name if you specify one. The function adds the coroutine to the event loop queue ready ...

How to get started using Python's asyncio. Earlier this year, I attended PyCon, the international Python conference. One topic, presented at numerous talks and discussed informally in the hallway, was ...

So far we have looked at processes as a way of increasing the speed of CPU-bound programs, and threads as a way of increasing the speed of I/O-bound programs. In the following chapters the emphasis ...