The other is to store values to match as keys in a dictionary, then use the values to take an action—e.g., store a function as a value and use the key or some other variable as input.

He’s using Python which makes the process fairly painless (we’ll get to that in a minute) but the value of his post is in the explanation surrounding how to interpret the data.

Run coroutines and tasks in Python Naturally, the most common use for asyncio is to run the asynchronous parts of your Python script. This means learning to work with coroutines and tasks.