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Data pipelines & processing easy

Parallel Extract Multiple Sources with Threads in Python

Extract data from multiple sources in parallel using ThreadPoolExecutor and verify results match sequential processing.

threads threadpoolexecutor concurrency
Python
import threading
from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor

def extract_from_source(source):
    """Simulate extracting data from a source."""
    return f"Data from {source}"

def main():
    sources = ["source_a", "source_b", "source_c", "source_d"]
    
    # Sequential extraction for comparison
    sequent…
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Concurrency & performance easy

How to Convert Data in Parallel with ThreadPoolExecutor in Python

This example demonstrates converting a list of items in parallel using ThreadPoolExecutor, showing performance gains over serial processing.

concurrency threadpoolexecutor parallelism
Python
import time
from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor


def convert_data(item):
    """Simulate a CPU/IO-bound conversion task."""
    time.sleep(0.05)  # simulate work
    return item.upper()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    items = [f"item_{i}" for i in range(20)]

    start = time.perf_counter()
    serial_…
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Concurrency & performance easy

How to Use ThreadPoolExecutor and ProcessPoolExecutor in Python

Compares ThreadPoolExecutor and ProcessPoolExecutor by running CPU-bound and I/O-tolerant tasks over a large list, printing elapsed times and first results.

concurrency threadpool processpool
Python
import time
from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, ProcessPoolExecutor
import math

numbers = list(range(1, 1000001))


def compute_square(n):
    return n * n


def compute_sqrt(n):
    return math.sqrt(n)


def run_executor(executor, func, data):
    start = time.perf_counter()
    results = list(executo…
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Concurrency & performance easy

How to Use ThreadPoolExecutor in Python for Parallel Processing

Use ThreadPoolExecutor with executor.map to run a function over many inputs concurrently and collect ordered results.

concurrency threadpoolexecutor parallel
Python
def worker(item):
    return item * item

if __name__ == "__main__":
    from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
    numbers = list(range(1, 11))
    with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=4) as executor:
        results = list(executor.map(worker, numbers))
    print("Input:  ", numbers)
    print("Results:", …
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Concurrency & performance easy

How to Use ThreadPoolExecutor.submit() in Python

Exécute des fonctions en parallèle avec ThreadPoolExecutor.submit(), récupère les résultats avec future.result(), et traite plusieurs tâches simultanément en Python standard.

concurrency threads threadpoolexecutor
Python
from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
import time

def square(n):
    time.sleep(0.1)  # Simulate work
    return n * n

if __name__ == "__main__":
    with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=3) as executor:
        future = executor.submit(square, 5)
        result = future.result()
        print(f"Result: {r…
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Concurrency & performance easy

How to Validate Data with ThreadPoolExecutor in Python

This code shows how to validate a list of numbers concurrently using ThreadPoolExecutor, dramatically speeding up slow validation tasks by running them in parallel threads.

concurrency threadpool validation
Python
import time
from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
from dataclasses import dataclass


@dataclass
class Result:
    is_valid: bool
    value: int


def validate(value: int) -> Result:
    time.sleep(0.1)  # simulate slow validation (API call, DB check)
    return Result(is_valid=0 < value < 100, value=value…
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Concurrency & performance easy

How to use ThreadPoolExecutor for concurrent tasks in Python

Run blocking functions in parallel with ThreadPoolExecutor and as_completed, cutting total runtime from 5 sequential sleeps to about 1 second.

concurrency threadpoolexecutor parallel
Python
import time
from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed


def fetch_data(item):
    """Simulate a slow operation with a fixed delay."""
    time.sleep(0.2)
    return item * 2


def main():
    items = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
    start = time.perf_counter()

    with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=3) as ex…
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