Task Queue Basics

This lesson presents an overview and inner workings of the Task Queue. The task queue has two flavors: push queue and pull queue. The push queue is a great way to schedule a unit of work, such as sending an email, outside of a user request. This prevents blocking the user request while the email is enqueued for delivery. Push tasks are treated as normal http requests, and are executed ASAP on the same app engine application. The pull queue allows enqueuing tasks that can be leased by workers