Kicking off processes from a web interface

In a previous job I had, we did a lot of work with Django as a front end for the control of our analytical system.  In the process, someone used cron to track the system frequently in order to be able to pick up toggles input through the UI.  I wasn't the biggest fan of this approach, but that's a story for another day, because the reality is that I couldn't think of a better approach.  Enter my recent discovery of Celery.  I have been wanting to try this out, because it might be exactly what I'm looking for when it comes to this, and I want to save this tutorial on just a proof of concept:

Using Celery With Flask

So, I'll have to have a follow-up blog with my experience with using it.

P.S. He also has a thorough Flask tutorial as well:

The Flask Mega-Tutorial