Tutorials

The following tutorials will help you get acquainted with Asphalt application development. It is expected that the reader have at least basic understanding of the Python language.

Code for all tutorials can be found in the examples directory in the source distribution or in the Github repository.

• Tutorial 1: Getting your feet wet – a simple echo server and client
  • Prerequisites
  • Setting up the virtual environment
  • Creating the project structure
  • Creating the first component
  • Making the server listen for connections
  • Creating the client
  • Conclusion
• Tutorial 2: Something a little more practical – a web page change detector
  • Setting up the project structure
  • Detecting changes in a web page
  • Computing the changes between old and new versions
  • Sending changes via email
  • Separating the change detection logic
  • Setting up the configuration file
  • Conclusion