A simple messaging system project created for educational purposes to practice concepts related to concurrency and low-level design in Python.
The Educational Messaging System is a small project aimed at providing hands-on experience with concepts such as concurrency, thread pools, and low-level design patterns. The project simulates a basic message queue system where messages can be published to different topics, and subscribers can receive and process these messages asynchronously.
- Publish and subscribe to topics using a simulated message queue.
- Utilize a thread pool to handle asynchronous message processing.
- Practice fundamental concepts of concurrency, thread safety, and low-level design.
- Explore different strategies for handling message processing and synchronization.
The primary motivation behind this project is to provide a practical learning experience in the following areas:
- Understanding the basics of concurrent programming.
- Implementing thread-safe data structures.
- Exploring different methods of synchronization.
- Practicing low-level design principles for efficient and scalable systems.
To get started with the Educational Messaging System project, follow these steps:
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Clone the repository: Open your terminal and execute the following command to clone the project repository to your local machine:
git clone https://github.com/sineshashi/pubsubpython.git
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Navigate to the project directory: Change your working directory to the project folder:
cd pubsubpython -
Install the dependencies.
pip install -r requirements.txt
- Simplified Messaging Logic: The messaging system in this project is intentionally simplified for educational purposes. In a real-world scenario, additional considerations like message persistence, fault tolerance, and scalability would need to be addressed.
- Limited Error Handling: Error handling is minimal in this project to focus on concurrency concepts. In a production system, robust error handling and recovery mechanisms would be crucial.
- Enhanced Error Handling: Implement more comprehensive error handling mechanisms to handle scenarios like network failures, subscriber crashes, and message processing errors.
- Advanced Synchronization Techniques: Explore advanced synchronization mechanisms such as semaphores, condition variables, and read-write locks to gain a deeper understanding of concurrent programming.
- Message Persistence: Integrate message persistence to ensure messages are not lost even in case of system crashes.
- Distributed Messaging System: Extend the project to simulate a distributed messaging system where messages can be published and received across multiple nodes.
This project is primarily for educational purposes. However, contributions, suggestions, and discussions are welcome! Feel free to open issues and contribute to enhance this project's learning experience.
This project is licensed under the MIT License. Feel free to use and modify the code for educational purposes. See the LICENSE file for details.