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Re:Responder: A familiar HTTP Service Framework by m_ke on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @11:10PM (#18235830)
Async support is actually planned for django in upcoming releases. Here's some info about that https://www.aeracode.org/2018/06/04/django-async-roadmap/

From what I understand ASGI was developed by Andrew Godwin for Django Channels.

Re:Responder: A familiar HTTP Service Framework by diminoten on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @11:15PM (#18235856)
I'm super excited for that development work to begin!

But just thinking about my own experiences, being able to look at what other people have done so far with it would help immensely when building the nuts and the bolts of the feature. This project will help immensely with that.

Re:Responder: A familiar HTTP Service Framework by amorphic on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @11:54PM (#18236015)
Andrew gave a great talk on this very topic at PyCon AU in August. Still at the formative stages it seems...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7taKQnndfo