AsyncIO basics in Python

While there are methods that facilitate parallel programming in Python, it is a single-threaded language by default. To avail the full advantage of single-threaded execution, we can make use of the AsyncIO library.

Asynchronous code

As its name suggests, AsyncIO provides asynchronous execution in Python. Asynchronous code runs in a non-blocking way. If a function has a longer wait time, another task can be performed during the waiting period, instead of all the tasks being put on hold.

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