Learn TORNADO-REST with Real Code Examples
Updated Nov 27, 2025
Performance Notes
Use async/await to prevent blocking the event loop
Reuse database connections or async clients
Leverage coroutines for I/O-heavy workloads
Minimize synchronous blocking operations
Scale horizontally with multiple Tornado instances
Security Notes
Validate input manually or with third-party libraries
Implement authentication and authorization
Sanitize output to prevent injection attacks
Use HTTPS in production
Regularly update Tornado and dependencies
Monitoring Analytics
Server logs and exception tracking
Prometheus/Grafana for metrics
Sentry for error monitoring
Profile async tasks for performance
Monitor WebSocket connections and load
Code Quality
Follow PEP8 and async best practices
Write unit and integration tests
Keep handlers and services modular
Use CI/CD pipelines for deployments
Monitor async code for potential bottlenecks