Veteran Python developer Caleb Hattingh helps you gain a basic understanding of asyncio's building blocks―enough to get started writing simple event-based programs. You'll learn why asyncio offers a safer alternative to preemptive multitasking (threading) and how this API provides a simple way to support thousands of simultaneous socket connections.Get a critical comparison of asyncio and threading for concurrent network programmingTake an asyncio walk-through, including a quickstart guide for hitting the ground looping with event-based programmingLearn the difference between asyncio features for end-user developers and those for framework developersUnderstand asyncio's new async/await language syntax, including coroutines and task and future APIsGet detailed case studies (with code) of some popular asyncio-compatible third-party libraries