Articles tagged with "locking"

I will show you how to implement pessimistic locking using Python with DynamoDB as our backend. Before we start, we’ll review the basics and discuss some of the design criteria we’re looking for. In an earlier post, I outlined to you how to implement optimistic locking using DynamoDB. There, I explained some of the reasons why locking is useful and which issues it can prevent. If you’re unfamiliar with the topic, I suggest you check that one out first.