Twisted and Evented Programming in Python (Interview)

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Kenneth and Wynn caught up with Glyph Lefkowitz from Twisted to talk about the project and evented programming in Python.

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Featuring:

• Wynn Netherland – GitHub, X
• Kenneth Reitz – GitHub, X

Show Notes:

• Glyph Lefkowitz is creator of Twisted.
• Twisted is an event-driven networking engine written in Python.
• Twisted has its origin in the game Divmod Imaginary.
• Glyph says Twisted programming is easier than programming with gevent and eventlet.
• Twisted.web is the most popular package, but Twisted supports a wide range of other protocols in addtion to HTTP including NNTP, IMAP, SSH, IRC, FTP, and others.
• Twisted even supports IO Completion Ports on Windows.
• Twisted’s non-blocking approach makes it great for GUI programming via GTK+, wxPython, and more, even Pygame.
• Glyph expands on his blog post drawing distinctions between Tornado and Twisted.
• Benchmark nerds should check out speed.twistedmatrix.com.
• Dustin Sallings ported Tornado to Twisted’s low-level networking stack and eliminated over 1,200 lines of code.
• Twisted success stories include LucasFilm, HipChat, TweetDeck, Justin.tv, and more.
• Twisted also powers OpenStack, used by Nasa to run its cloud.
• Glyph is proud of his rock star sister Sara.
• Twisted tracks high scores for community involvement in 8-bit beauty.
• Free Changelog stickers for the first person to @reply us with Glyph’s real name.

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