Python job scheduler

Question

What's the most lightweight job scheduler for Python that can be used by a data scientist?

Answer

cron should work if you are looking to just run some python script at a scheduled time.

If you are doing something more complex in your job scheduler, such as chained tasks that are best expressed as directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) of tasks, you should checkout airflow or luigi.

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