Practice Best Practices - 6 | Chapter 8: Asynchronous Programming with asyncio | Python Advance
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Question 1 Easy

What function do you use to start the main coroutine in asyncio?

💡 Hint: It's a function that handles the event loop.

Question 2 Easy

Mention a blocking function you should avoid in async programming.

💡 Hint: Think about what happens when time.sleep() is called.

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Question 1

What is the recommended way to start an async coroutine in Python?

async run()
asyncio.run()
run_async()

💡 Hint: Remember the specific function prefix.

Question 2

True or False: Always awaiting a coroutine is optional in async programming.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider what awaits does every time.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Create an asynchronous web scraper using aiohttp. Describe how you ensure it doesn’t block.

💡 Hint: Consider how you will structure multiple await calls.

Challenge 2 Hard

Explain how you would refactor a synchronous function that reads a file to work asynchronously. What libraries would you use?

💡 Hint: Consider how file handling differs in async contexts.

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