async programming

Note: this code is totally taken without permission from David Beazleys talk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzfHjytDceU). Inside that unassuming dad-bod is an absolute titan of Python knowledge and I highly recommend that everybody watches his talks on YouTube.

install

make a python 3 virtual environment

virtualenv -p python3.6 venv
source venv/bin/activate

run

./echoserver.py

from another terminal

nc localhost 2500
# type a string then enter
# ctrl-d to "hangup"