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author | agronholm <devnull@localhost> | 2011-01-23 00:13:45 +0200 |
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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1f6e990 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.rst @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +Advanced Python Scheduler (APScheduler) is a light but powerful in-process task +scheduler that lets you schedule jobs (functions or any python callables) to be +executed at times of your choosing. + +The development of APScheduler was heavily influenced by the `Quartz +<http://www.opensymphony.com/quartz/>`_ task scheduler written in Java, and +it provides most of the major features that Quartz does. + + +Features +======== + +* No external dependencies +* Thread-safe API +* Configurable scheduling mechanisms (triggers): + * Cron-like scheduling + * Delayed scheduling of single fire jobs (like the UNIX "at" command) + * Interval-based scheduling of jobs, with configurable start date and + repeat count +* Configurable job stores: + * RAM + * File-based simple database (shelve) + * `SQLAlchemy <http://www.sqlalchemy.org/>`_ (any supported RDBMS works) + + +Documentation +============= + +Documentation can be found `here <http://packages.python.org/APScheduler/>`_. + + +Source +====== + +The source can be browsed at `Bitbucket +<http://bitbucket.org/agronholm/apscheduler/src/>`_. |