Brendan Berg & Michael Dory 
Introduction to Tornado [EPUB ebook] 
Modern Web Applications with Python

Walk through the basics of Tornado, the high-performance web server known for its speed, simplicity, and scalability on projects large and small. With this hands-on guide, youll learn how to use Tornados acclaimed features by working with several example applications. You also get best practices for using Tornado in the real world.Are you interested in creating a scalable social application, real-time analytics engine, or RESTful APIall with the power and simplicity of Python? This book shows you why Tornado is fantastic choice for writing powerful applications that are simple to create, extend, and deploy.Learn how to use Tornados lightweight and flexible templating language Extend templates to repurpose headers, footers, layout grids, and other content Use persistent storage like Mongo DB to store, serve, and edit dynamic content Explore Tornados ability to make asynchronous web requests Secure your application against cookie and request vulnerabilities Authenticate with external services, using Tornados auth module Adopt deployment strategies that help harden your application and increase request throughput