Tornado is a scalable, non-blocking web server and web application framework written in Python. It is also light-weight to deploy, fun to write for, and incredibly powerful. Tornado was written with performance in mind, aiming to solve the C10k problem, so by design it's an extremely high-performance framework. It's also packed with handy tools for dealing with social networks, user authentication, and all sorts of asynchronous fun. In this book, we'll cover the basics of the Tornado framework, starting with the features that make it so great, and working our way towards some real-life examples. We'll cover the best practices for implementation and deployment, as well as a sampling of uses for the technology.

About the Author
Mike is CTO and co-founder of Socialbomb, he's worked with companies like Fisher-Price, HBO and Pepsico to build social applications and platforms that connect users with their friends, their devices, and the world around them. Prior to starting up Socialbomb, Mike developed installations, sites, and games for Unified Field and the Institute of Play. Allison Parrish is an artist and programmer, currently residing in Brooklyn. She has ten years of professional programming experience, with an emphasis on programming for the web. Brendan Berg has more than five years of experience creating web and mobile applications. He has spent the past two years designing and developing cloud infrastructure and APIs as Chief Software Architect of Socialbomb.


Book Information
ISBN 9781449309077
Author Michael Dory
Format Paperback
Page Count 138
Imprint O'Reilly Media
Publisher O'Reilly Media
Weight(grams) 231g
Dimensions(mm) 233mm * 178mm * 8mm