Async-Await in Python
Explore the use of async and await keywords in Python with the asyncio module to write asynchronous functions. Understand how coroutines enable cooperative multitasking and improve concurrency when building APIs. Learn to run async functions effectively and how they differ from synchronous code.
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Asyncio module in python
The asynchronous way of programming is very popular in javascript. In NodeJS, you have the in-built support of implementing async functionality. In Python, building async applications is now supported by using the asyncio package. The asyncio is a style of concurrent programming, but it is not parallelism. It is more closely aligned with threading than with multiprocessing but is very much distinct from both of these. asyncio uses cooperative multitasking.
Wikipedia gives the following definition of cooperative multitasking:
Cooperative multitasking, also known as non-preemptive multitasking, is a style of computer multitasking in which the ...