Advanced Python Programming

Asynchronous versus synchronous programming

Again, asynchronous programming is fundamentally different from synchronous programming because of its task-switching nature. In synchronous programming, the instructions of a program are executed sequentially: a task has to have finished executing before the next task in the program starts processing. With asynchronous programming, if the current task takes significant time to finish, you have the option to specify a time during the task at which the execution is switched to another task. As we have observed, doing this would result in potential improvements in the execution time of the whole program.

One common example of asynchronous programming is the interaction between a server and a client ...