Quart; a asyncio alternative to Flask
London Python 2018 Talk
I recently gave a talk at the London Python meetup about how Quart is a Asyncio alternative to Flask and how you can benefit from using it. The talk itself was recorded (linked below) and I’ve made the slides available via google slides (also linked below).
Abstract
Flask is a great web mirco-framework, that is best utilised with event-loop concurrency. Sadly with Flask the event-loop framework can’t be asyncio, although some extensions (Flask-Aiohttp) have tried. Quart is the solution as it shares the Flask API and is based on asyncio. In addition Quart goes beyond Flask adding HTTP/2 and websockets.
This talk will outline why event-loop concurrency is a good choice for web servers, why asyncio is a good choice and then give an overview of Quart, demonstrating features that go beyond the Flask framework.
Talk
The talk itself is available here (it can’t be embedded on medium, sorry).
