Using web.py as non blocking http-server

Question

while learning some basic programming with python, i found web.py. i got stuck with a stupid problem:

i wrote a simple console app with a main loop that proccesses items

Answer 1

I have also recently used Beanstalkd to queue up tasks that will run in a separate thread. Your web.py handler just drops a job into a pipe and a completely separate script executes it. You could have any number of these, and you get the benefits of advanced queue control, etc..