Is Django sync or async?

Django has support for writing asynchronous (“async”) views , along with an entirely async-enabled request stack if you are running under ASGI. Async views will still work under WSGI, but with performance penalties, and without the ability to have efficient long-running requests.

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What are channels in Django?

Channels preserve the synchronous behavior of Django and add a layer of asynchronous protocols allowing users to write the views that are entirely synchronous, asynchronous, or a mixture of both . Channels basically allow the application to support “long-running connections”.

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