ASGI explained: The future of Python web development
Python web applications have long adhered to the Web Server Gateway Interface (WSGI) standard, which describes how they talk to web servers. WSGI, originally introduced in 2003 and updated in 2010, relies only on features that were available natively in Python as of version 2.2 and were easy to implement. As a result, WSGI enjoyed quick uptake with all the major Python web frameworks and became a cornerstone of web development in Python.Fast-forward to 2022. Python 2 is obsolete (at long last), and Python now has native syntax for handling asynchronous operations like network calls. WSGI and other standards that assume synchronous behaviors by default can’t take advantage of the performance and efficiency gains of async. That in turn means WSGI can’t effectively handle advanced protocols like WebSocket.To read this article in full, please click here
Python web applications have long adhered to the Web Server Gateway Interface (WSGI) standard, which describes how they talk to web servers. WSGI, originally introduced in 2003 and updated in 2010, relies only on features that were available natively in Python as of version 2.2 and were easy to implement. As a result, WSGI enjoyed quick uptake with all the major Python web frameworks and became a cornerstone of web development in Python.
Fast-forward to 2022. Python 2 is obsolete (at long last), and Python now has native syntax for handling asynchronous operations like network calls. WSGI and other standards that assume synchronous behaviors by default can’t take advantage of the performance and efficiency gains of async. That in turn means WSGI can’t effectively handle advanced protocols like WebSocket.
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