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Parallel Programming with Python

You're reading from Parallel Programming with Python Develop efficient parallel systems using the robust Python environment.

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2014

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781783288397

Length 124 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Concepts

Parallel Programming

Author (1):

Palach

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Table of Contents (10) Chapters

Preface

1. Contextualizing Parallel, Concurrent, and Distributed Programming

2. Designing Parallel Algorithms FREE CHAPTER

3. Identifying a Parallelizable Problem

4. Using the threading and concurrent.futures Modules

5. Using Multiprocessing and ProcessPoolExecutor

6. Utilizing Parallel Python

7. Distributing Tasks with Celery

8. Doing Things Asynchronously

Index

Summary

In this chapter, we learned some parallel programming concepts, and learned about some models, their advantages, and disadvantages. Some of the problems and potential issues when thinking of parallelism have been presented in a brief explanations. We also had a short introduction to some Python modules, built-in and external, which makes a developer's life easier when building up parallel systems.

In the next chapter, we will be studying some techniques to design parallel algorithms.

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Authors (1)

Palach

Palach

Jan Palach has been a software developer for 13 years, having worked with scientific visualization and backend for private companies using C++, Java, and Python technologies. Jan has a degree in Information Systems from Estácio de Sá University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and a postgraduate degree in Software Development from Paraná State Federal Technological University. Currently, he works as a senior system analyst at a private company within the telecommunication sector implementing C++ systems; however, he likes to have fun experimenting with Python and Erlang—his two technological passions. Naturally curious, he loves challenges and learning new technologies, meeting new people, and learning about different cultures.

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