asyncio is a co-operative multitasking library available in Python since version 3.6. Celery is fantastic for running concurrent tasks out of a process, but there are certain times you will need to run multiple execution threads within the same process.
If you are not familiar with async/await concepts (say from JavaScript or C#), it involves a bit of a steep learning curve. However, it is well worth your time, as it can speed up your code tremendously (unless it is completely CPU-bound). Moreover, it helps in understanding other libraries built on top of them, such as Django Channels.
All asyncio programs are driven by an event loop, which is pretty much an infinite loop that calls all registered coroutines in some ...
