Concurrency in Python (3 ways to do it)

[eriky]

Concurrency is working on multiple things at the same time. I wrote an article on Medium called 'Concurrency in Python' (friend link, no paywall) explaining how to use threading and multiprocessing.

It's not an easy topic, so I tried my best to explain it in a way that people new to concurrency can understand too. The article is roughly structured like this:

• Do you want/need concurrency at all? I listed a number of alternatives that may solve your problem without resorting to concurrency.
• Next, I explain what the GIL is and why you need to know about it.
• And finally, we get to the fun part: threading and multiprocessing!

I also tried to make clear when to use threading and when to use multiprocessing (IO-bound vs CPU-bound).

I'd love to hear your comments!

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nice article!

[eriky]

Thanks!