Description:

Asyncio, Python's very own library to write concurrent code using the async/await syntax; is a perfect fit for many IO and network bound problems. It also forms the foundation for many of the modern Python asynchronous frameworks that provide high-performance network and web-servers, database connection libraries, distributed task queues, etc.

In this workshop, we'll create a simple web crawler. The web crawler needs to wait for many responses which becomes time-consuming waiting on each request and processing it.

Overview of the talk:

• Introduction to Asyncio.
• Few concepts like event loop coroutines, event queue, etc.
• Traditional approach to web crawlers.
• What are coroutines.
• How generators work.
• Refactoring to asynchronous crawler using asyncio.
• Conclusion

Prerequisites:

Python basics

Content URLs:

This workshop is inspired by the following article:

http://aosabook.org/en/500L/a-web-crawler-with-asyncio-coroutines.html

Speaker Info:

Just a developer, hacking his way into the tech industry

Speaker Links:

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/haren-lewis

Github: https://github.com/harenlewis