DjangoCon 2022 | Async Django: The practical guide you've been **awaiting** for.

Key Takeaways

• Async Django is a practical guide for using asynchronous programming in Django
• Async and away syntax is similar to JavaScript
• Asynchronous queries are available in Django since 4.1
• Event loop is used to execute concurrent tasks
• Channels and HTMx are libraries that can help with asynchronous programming in Django
• Async Python and asyncio library are used under the hood
• Polling and long polling are methods for handling async requests
• Consumers handle incoming messages and update the DOM
• Async code can be run in an ASGI application to support concurrent tasks
• Connections can be timeout configurable and can be used for aggregation
• Async Django provides a way to focus on the core functionality of an app
• Event loop can be used to handle multiple tasks concurrently
• Django ASGI applications are built on top of actual Python
• Async and await syntax is used to write concurrent code
• Channels and HTMx can be used to handle async requests
• Consumers are used to handle incoming messages and update the DOM
• Error handling is important when using async code
• Postás is a useful library for async code
• Async Django allows for better scalability and reliability
• Channels and HTMx provide a way to handle async requests in a Django application