Class Central is learner-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

LinkedIn Learning

Faster Python Services

via LinkedIn Learning

Go to class Write review
Scrimba Ad

Our career paths help you become job ready faster

Learn More → CodeSignal Ad

JavaScript Programming for Beginners

Learn More →

Overview

Coursera Flash Sale
40% Off Coursera Plus for 3 Months!
Grab it
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

Reviews

Start your review of Faster Python Services

Go to class

Never Stop Learning.

Get personalized course recommendations, track subjects and courses with reminders, and more.

Sign up for free
Someone learning on their laptop while sitting on the floor.