PyCon UK 2022

An introduction to async programming - Writing a Telegram Antispam Bot in Python
2022-09-17 , Assembly Room

Learn how easy it is to get started with asynchronous programming in Python.

The talk will provide a quick introduction to the basic concepts of async programming and demonstrate the techniques based on a Telegram antispam bot using the async library Pyrogram.


The talk will provide a quick introduction to the basic concepts of async programming and demonstrate the techniques based on a Telegram antispam bot using the async library Pyrogram.

The async event loop will be covered, co-routines, the concept of awaiting input and how to think "async".

The code for the project is available as a real working product at https://github.com/eGenix/egenix-telegram-antispam-bot

Slides of the talk are available at: https://downloads.egenix.com/python/PyCon-UK-2022-Talk-Intro-to-Async.pdf


Is your proposal suitable for beginners?: yes

Marc-Andre is the CEO and founder of eGenix.com, a Python-focused project and consulting company based in Germany, specializing in the data, finance and database space. He also is a Python Core Developer, designed and implemented the Unicode support in Python.

Marc-Andre is a EuroPython Society (EPS) Fellow, a Python Software Foundation (PSF) founding Fellow and co-founded a local Python meeting in Düsseldorf (PyDDF). He served on the board of the PSF and EPS and loves to contribute to the growth of Python where ever he can.

More information is available on https://malemburg.com/