Twisted example

README.rst

@@ -49,3 +49,4 @@ See also
 
 * https://github.com/python/asyncio
 * http://krondo.com/an-introduction-to-asynchronous-programming-and-twisted/
+* http://curio.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorial.html

examples/asyncio_deferred.py

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import asyncio
+
+
+async def multiply(x):
+    result = x * 2
+    await asyncio.sleep(1)
+    return result
+
+
+async def steps(x):
+    result = await multiply(x)
+    print("result: %s" % result)
+
+
+loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+coro = steps(5)
+loop.run_until_complete(coro)
+loop.close()
+

examples/twisted_deferred.py

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+from twisted.internet import defer
+from twisted.internet import reactor
+
+
+def multiply(x):
+    result = x * 2
+    d = defer.Deferred()
+    reactor.callLater(1.0, d.callback, result)
+    return d
+
+
+def step1(x):
+    return multiply(x)
+
+
+def step2(result):
+    print("result: %s" % result)
+
+    reactor.stop()
+
+
+d = defer.Deferred()
+d.addCallback(step1)
+d.addCallback(step2)
+d.callback(5)
+
+reactor.run()
+

getting_help.rst

@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ read new questions but also read answers of previous questions.
 IRC
 ===
 
-There is an IRC channel ``#asyncio`` on the Freenode server.
-
+There is an IRC channel ``#asyncio`` on the `Freenode server
+<https://freenode.net/>`_.

twisted.rst

@@ -13,6 +13,19 @@ Twisted                   asyncio
 ========================  ==================================
 Deferred                  asyncio.Future
 deferToThread(func)       loop.run_in_executor(None, func)
-@inlineCallbacks          @coroutine
+@inlineCallbacks          async def
 reactor.run()             loop.run_forever()
 ========================  ==================================
+
+
+Deferred example
+================
+
++--------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
+| Twisted                                          | asyncio                                          |
++==================================================+==================================================+
+| Basic Twisted example using deferred:            | Similar example written using asyncio:           |
+|                                                  |                                                  |
+| .. literalinclude:: examples/twisted_deferred.py | .. literalinclude:: examples/asyncio_deferred.py |
++--------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
+