Understanding Celery & CeleryBeat

Explore the fundamentals of Celery and CeleryBeat in this informative EuroPython 2017 conference talk. Gain a comprehensive overview of Celery, a distributed task queue for Python, and its wide-ranging applications from web development to IoT devices. Discover how to easily transform functions into tasks, enhancing application performance and usability. Delve into the core Celery architecture, examining key components through real-world examples. Learn about task queue systems in general and acquire knowledge about CeleryBeat, a tool for scheduling tasks. Investigate the concept of distributed task queues, identify Celery's main elements, determine when to implement Celery tasks, and understand how to utilize CeleryBeat effectively. This 31-minute talk is ideal for those with basic Python knowledge and minor development experience.