Questions

• What is asynchronous programming? What advantages does it provide?
• What are the main elements in an asynchronous program? How do they interact with each other?
• What are the async and await keywords? What purposes do they serve?
• What options does the asyncio module provide, in terms of the implementation of asynchronous programming?
• What are the improvements in regards to asynchronous programming provided in Python 3.7?
• What are blocking functions? Why do they pose a problem for traditional asynchronous programming?
• How does concurrent.futures provide a solution to blocking functions for asynchronous programming? What options does it provide?