title: Python Celery versus Threading Library for running async requests
body: <p>I am running a python method that parses a lot of data. Since it is time intensive, I would like to run it asynchronously on a separate thread so the user can still access the website/UI.</p>
  
  <p>Do threads using the "from threading import thread" module terminate if a user exits the site or do they continue to run on the server?</p>
  
  <p>What would be the advantages of using Celery versus simply using the threading module for something like this?</p>