Twisted and Evented Programming in Python (Changelog Interviews #58)

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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