Introduction to Tornado

Walk through the basics of Tornado, the high-performance web server known for its speed, simplicity, and scalability on projects large and small. With this hands-on guide, youÃll learn how to use TornadoÃs acclaimed features working with several example applications. You also get best practices for using Tornado in the real world.'-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 6px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'Are you interested in creating a scalable social application, real-time analytics engine, or RESTful APIÃall with the power and simplicity of Python? This book shows you why Tornado is fantastic choice for writing powerful applications that are simple to create, extend, and deploy. Learn how to use TornadoÃs lightweight and flexible templating language Extend templates to repurpose headers, footers, layout grids, and other content Use persistent storage like MongoDB to store, serve, and edit dynamic content Explore TornadoÃs ability to make asynchronous web requests Secure your application against cookie and request vulnerabilities Authenticate with external services, using TornadoÃs auth module Adopt deployment strategies that help harden your application and increase request throughput '-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 6px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'About the Authors