1 Stepping into concurrent programming

This chapter covers

  • Introducing concurrent programming
  • Improving performance with concurrent execution
  • Scaling our programs

Meet Jane Sutton. Jane has been working at HSS International Accountancy as a software developer for three months. In her latest project, she has been looking at a problem in the payroll system. The payroll software module runs at the end of the month after the close of business, and it computes all the salary payments for the HSS clients’ employees. Jane’s manager has arranged a meeting with the product owner, the infrastructure team, and a sales representative to try to get to the bottom of the problem. Unexpectedly, Sarika Kumar, CTO, has joined the meeting room via video call. ...

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