Twisted Matrix’s Perspective Broker is, to me at least, the main compelling reason to use the entire framework. It’s also an area that is lacking in documentation that is usable to a newbie to the framework.
One of the things provided by the Perspective Broker is an authentication framework, based around the concept of an [...]
I planned on having an entry tomorrow showing a more in-depth example of combining Twisted with Stackless python, but it’s taking a little longer than expected to get all the pieces together. The example will be using what is in my opinion the most useful part of Twisted: the Perspective Broker. I [...]
Another way to integrate Twisted with Stackless python, is to use multiple threads. One thread handles Twisted’s reactor while Stackless tasklets run in at least one other thread. This lowers the deterministic nature of Stackless, but for certain conditions may be more effective than trying to integrate Twisted and Stackless into a single [...]
Oftentimes, you need to have objects that communicate with each other via events. This is a very useful setup, for example, in a GUI — where these events represent things like mouse clicks, key strokes, or button presses. That’s not what I developed these classes for, since I was more interested in simulating [...]
This is a follow-on article to Stackless Python Meets Twisted Matrix. This time how to use function decorators to turn a ordinary looking function in a looping event dispatcher. Useful for the Observer design pattern.
Through the syntactical power of decorators, one can can convert any function into a continuously run event loop. [...]
