<li><strong>Coroutine definition starts with <code class="python hljs"><span class="hljs-string">'async'</span></code> and its call with <code class="python hljs"><span class="hljs-string">'await'</span></code>.</strong></li>

<li><strong><code class="python hljs"><span class="hljs-string">'asyncio.run(&lt;coroutine&gt;)'</span></code> is the main entry point for asynchronous programs.</strong></li>

<li><strong>Functions wait(), gather() and as_completed() can be used when multiple coroutines need to be started at the same time.</strong></li>

</ul><div><h4 id="runsaterminalgamewhereyoucontrolanasteriskthatmustavoidnumbers">Runs a terminal game where you control an asterisk that must avoid numbers:</h4><pre><code class="python language-python hljs"><span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> asyncio, collections, curses, enum, random

P = collections.namedtuple(<span class="hljs-string">'P'</span>, <span class="hljs-string">'x y'</span>) <span class="hljs-comment"># Position</span>

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