Seven Concurrency Models in Seven Weeks

About This Book

This book follows the structure of The Pragmatic Bookshelf’s existing Seven in Seven books, Seven Languages in Seven Weeks [Tat10], Seven Databases in Seven Weeks [RW12], and Seven Web Frameworks in Seven Weeks [MD14]. The seven approaches here have been chosen to give a broad overview of the concurrency landscape. We’ll cover some approaches that are already mainstream, some that are rapidly becoming mainstream, and others that are unlikely to ever be mainstream but are fantastically powerful in their particular niches. It’s my hope that, after reading this book, you’ll know exactly which tool(s) to reach for when faced with a concurrency problem.

Each chapter is designed to be read over a long weekend, split up ...