celery.sh

# get new directory for this

mkdir celery
cd celery

# create environment w/ py2.7
conda create -n celery python=2.7

# switch to environment
source activate celery

# install packages
brew install redis # getting redis on mac os

pip install celery
pip install redis

# start redis
redis-server

# write tasks.py
vim tasks.py

# from celery import Celery
#
# app = Celery('tasks', broker='redis://localhost',backend='redis://localhost')
#
# @app.task
# def add(x, y):
#     return x + y

# now start celery worker
celery -A tasks worker --loglevel=info

# start python shell
python

# run the following inside: 
# >>> from tasks import add
# >>> result = add.delay(4, 4)
# >>> result.ready()
# True
# >>> result
# <AsyncResult: f2a39668-ea2f-4f1d-9910-499a28bbc40d>
# >>> result.get()
8