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Simplifying Python's Async with Trio

Episode #167, published Fri, Jun 29, 2018, recorded Thu, Jun 21, 2018

Ever since Python 3.5 was released, we've had a really powerful way to write I/O bound async code using the async and await keywords.

On this episode, you'll Nathaniel Smith who wrote the Trio async framework that significantly simplifies complex coordinating operations using async and await.
Links from the show

Nathaniel on Twitter: @vorpalsmith
Trio: github.com/python-trio/trio
Nathaniel's PyCon Talk: youtube.com
Notes on structured concurrency, or: Go statement considered harmful: vorpus.org
Timeouts and cancellation for humans: vorpus.org

Other Async Frameworks of Note
Unsync: asherman.io
Curio: github.com/dabeaz/curio
Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm

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