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LinkedIn Learning

Faster Python Services

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Optimize your Python development workflow. Learn the tools and services you can use to run more efficient and highly available Python sites and applications.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • What you should know
1. Tools of the Trade
  • Always profile first
  • General tips
  • strace
  • Stressing
2. Caching
  • Overview
  • Bloom filter
3. Cheating
  • When approximation is good enough
  • Cheating example
4. Distributing Work
  • Amdahl's Law
  • Example: Threads
  • Beyond single machine
5. Writing Servers
  • The C10K problem
  • asyncio
  • Choosing transportation
  • Choosing serialization format
  • Compression
6. Server Frameworks
  • How to choose a framework
  • HTTP servers
  • TCP servers
  • Load balancers
  • Serving static content
7. Process
  • Why do we need process?
  • Monitoring
  • Alerting
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Miki Tebeka

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