Python Asyncio & Asynchronous Programming
Build high-performance asynchronous applications with Python asyncio
# Python Asyncio
This document provides comprehensive guidelines for python asyncio development and best practices.
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## Asyncio Fundamentals
1. **Event**
- Event loop architecture
- Implement proper event loop architecture
- Follow best practices for optimal results
2. **Coroutines**
- Coroutines and async/await syntax
- Implement proper coroutines and async/await syntax
- Follow best practices for optimal results
3. **Tasks**
- Tasks for concurrent execution
- Implement proper tasks for concurrent execution
- Follow best practices for optimal results
4. **Futures**
- Futures for result management
- Implement proper futures for result management
- Follow best practices for optimal results
5. **Asyncio**
- Asyncio ecosystem overview
- Implement proper asyncio ecosystem overview
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Coroutines & Tasks
6. **async**
- async def function definitions
- Implement proper async def function definitions
- Follow best practices for optimal results
7. **await**
- await expressions for suspension
- Implement proper await expressions for suspension
- Follow best practices for optimal results
8. **Task**
- Task creation with create_task()
- Implement proper task creation with create_task()
- Follow best practices for optimal results
9. **Task**
- Task cancellation and timeout handling
- Implement proper task cancellation and timeout handling
- Follow best practices for optimal results
10. **Exception**
- Exception handling in coroutines
- Implement proper exception handling in coroutines
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Event Loop Management
11. **Event**
- Event loop creation and running
- Implement proper event loop creation and running
- Follow best practices for optimal results
12. **asyncio.run()**
- asyncio.run() for simple cases
- Implement proper asyncio.run() for simple cases
- Follow best practices for optimal results
13. **Loop**
- Loop scheduling and callbacks
- Implement proper loop scheduling and callbacks
- Follow best practices for optimal results
14. **Thread-safe**
- Thread-safe operations
- Implement proper thread-safe operations
- Follow best practices for optimal results
15. **Custom**
- Custom event loop policies
- Implement proper custom event loop policies
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Concurrent Programming
16. **asyncio.gather()**
- asyncio.gather() for parallel execution
- Implement proper asyncio.gather() for parallel execution
- Follow best practices for optimal results
17. **asyncio.wait()**
- asyncio.wait() for completion handling
- Implement proper asyncio.wait() for completion handling
- Follow best practices for optimal results
18. **Semaphores**
- Semaphores for resource limiting
- Implement proper semaphores for resource limiting
- Follow best practices for optimal results
19. **Locks**
- Locks and synchronization primitives
- Implement proper locks and synchronization primitives
- Follow best practices for optimal results
20. **Queue**
- Queue patterns for producer-consumer
- Implement proper queue patterns for producer-consumer
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Network Programming
21. **HTTP**
- HTTP client with aiohttp
- Implement proper http client with aiohttp
- Follow best practices for optimal results
22. **WebSocket**
- WebSocket connections
- Implement proper websocket connections
- Follow best practices for optimal results
23. **TCP/UDP**
- TCP/UDP server and client
- Implement proper tcp/udp server and client
- Follow best practices for optimal results
24. **SSL/TLS**
- SSL/TLS support
- Implement proper ssl/tls support
- Follow best practices for optimal results
25. **Connection**
- Connection pooling strategies
- Implement proper connection pooling strategies
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## File I/O Operations
26. **aiofiles**
- aiofiles for file operations
- Implement proper aiofiles for file operations
- Follow best practices for optimal results
27. **Asynchronous**
- Asynchronous file reading/writing
- Implement proper asynchronous file reading/writing
- Follow best practices for optimal results
28. **Directory**
- Directory operations
- Implement proper directory operations
- Follow best practices for optimal results
29. **Subprocess**
- Subprocess management
- Implement proper subprocess management
- Follow best practices for optimal results
30. **Stream**
- Stream processing
- Implement proper stream processing
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Database Integration
31. **asyncpg**
- asyncpg for PostgreSQL
- Implement proper asyncpg for postgresql
- Follow best practices for optimal results
32. **aiomysql**
- aiomysql for MySQL
- Implement proper aiomysql for mysql
- Follow best practices for optimal results
33. **aioredis**
- aioredis for Redis
- Implement proper aioredis for redis
- Follow best practices for optimal results
34. **Motor**
- Motor for MongoDB
- Implement proper motor for mongodb
- Follow best practices for optimal results
35. **Connection**
- Connection pooling and transactions
- Implement proper connection pooling and transactions
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Web Development
36. **FastAPI**
- FastAPI for async web APIs
- Implement proper fastapi for async web apis
- Follow best practices for optimal results
37. **aiohttp**
- aiohttp for web applications
- Implement proper aiohttp for web applications
- Follow best practices for optimal results
38. **WebSocket**
- WebSocket handling
- Implement proper websocket handling
- Follow best practices for optimal results
39. **Middleware**
- Middleware implementation
- Implement proper middleware implementation
- Follow best practices for optimal results
40. **Request/response**
- Request/response streaming
- Implement proper request/response streaming
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Error Handling
41. **Exception**
- Exception propagation in async code
- Implement proper exception propagation in async code
- Follow best practices for optimal results
42. **Timeout**
- Timeout handling with asyncio.wait_for()
- Implement proper timeout handling with asyncio.wait_for()
- Follow best practices for optimal results
43. **Cancellation**
- Cancellation and cleanup
- Implement proper cancellation and cleanup
- Follow best practices for optimal results
44. **Retry**
- Retry mechanisms
- Implement proper retry mechanisms
- Follow best practices for optimal results
45. **Circuit**
- Circuit breaker patterns
- Implement proper circuit breaker patterns
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Performance Optimization
46. **Profiling**
- Profiling async applications
- Implement proper profiling async applications
- Follow best practices for optimal results
47. **Memory**
- Memory usage optimization
- Implement proper memory usage optimization
- Follow best practices for optimal results
48. **CPU-bound**
- CPU-bound task handling
- Implement proper cpu-bound task handling
- Follow best practices for optimal results
49. **Backpressure**
- Backpressure management
- Implement proper backpressure management
- Follow best practices for optimal results
50. **Resource**
- Resource cleanup strategies
- Implement proper resource cleanup strategies
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Testing Async Code
51. **pytest-asyncio**
- pytest-asyncio for async tests
- Implement proper pytest-asyncio for async tests
- Follow best practices for optimal results
52. **Mock**
- Mock async functions
- Implement proper mock async functions
- Follow best practices for optimal results
53. **Integration**
- Integration testing patterns
- Implement proper integration testing patterns
- Follow best practices for optimal results
54. **Performance**
- Performance testing
- Implement proper performance testing
- Follow best practices for optimal results
55. **Debugging**
- Debugging async applications
- Implement proper debugging async applications
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Advanced Patterns
56. **Context**
- Context managers with async with
- Implement proper context managers with async with
- Follow best practices for optimal results
57. **Async**
- Async generators and iterators
- Implement proper async generators and iterators
- Follow best practices for optimal results
58. **AsyncIterator**
- AsyncIterator protocol implementation
- Implement proper asynciterator protocol implementation
- Follow best practices for optimal results
59. **Custom**
- Custom awaitable objects
- Implement proper custom awaitable objects
- Follow best practices for optimal results
60. **Protocol-based**
- Protocol-based programming
- Implement proper protocol-based programming
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Integration with Sync Code
61. **asyncio.to_thread()**
- asyncio.to_thread() for blocking calls
- Implement proper asyncio.to_thread() for blocking calls
- Follow best practices for optimal results
62. **Executor**
- Executor usage for CPU-bound tasks
- Implement proper executor usage for cpu-bound tasks
- Follow best practices for optimal results
63. **Thread**
- Thread pool integration
- Implement proper thread pool integration
- Follow best practices for optimal results
64. **Process**
- Process pool for parallel processing
- Implement proper process pool for parallel processing
- Follow best practices for optimal results
65. **Bridging**
- Bridging sync and async libraries
- Implement proper bridging sync and async libraries
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Production Considerations
66. **Event**
- Event loop monitoring
- Implement proper event loop monitoring
- Follow best practices for optimal results
67. **Resource**
- Resource leak detection
- Implement proper resource leak detection
- Follow best practices for optimal results
68. **Graceful**
- Graceful shutdown handling
- Implement proper graceful shutdown handling
- Follow best practices for optimal results
69. **Process**
- Process management
- Implement proper process management
- Follow best practices for optimal results
70. **Container**
- Container deployment strategies
- Implement proper container deployment strategies
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Common Pitfalls
71. **Blocking**
- Blocking the event loop
- Implement proper blocking the event loop
- Follow best practices for optimal results
72. **Resource**
- Resource cleanup issues
- Implement proper resource cleanup issues
- Follow best practices for optimal results
73. **Exception**
- Exception handling mistakes
- Implement proper exception handling mistakes
- Follow best practices for optimal results
74. **Task**
- Task cancellation problems
- Implement proper task cancellation problems
- Follow best practices for optimal results
75. **Memory**
- Memory leak prevention
- Implement proper memory leak prevention
- Follow best practices for optimal results
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## Summary Checklist
- [ ] Core principles implemented
- [ ] Best practices followed
- [ ] Performance optimized
- [ ] Security measures in place
- [ ] Testing strategy implemented
- [ ] Documentation completed
- [ ] Monitoring configured
- [ ] Production deployment ready
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Follow these comprehensive guidelines for successful python asyncio implementation.