EventMachine

EventMachine is a software system designed for writing highly scalable applications for Ruby. It provides event-driven I/O using the reactor pattern. EventMachine is the most popular library for concurrent computing in the Ruby programming language.[1]

EventMachine
Original author(s)Francis Cianfrocca
Initial releaseApril 13, 2006 (2006-04-13)
Stable release
1.2.3 / February 23, 2017 (2017-02-23)
Repository
Written inRuby
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, OS X, Linux
TypeEvent-driven networking
LicenseGPL or Ruby License
Websiterubyeventmachine.com

Example uses

EventMachine has been used to build a number of different libraries and frameworks in which concurrency is a performance concern. Some examples include:[2]

  • critical networked applications
  • web servers and proxies
  • email and IM production systems
  • authentication/authorization processors
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See also

References

  1. "The Ruby Toolbox - Concurrent Processing". Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  2. "EventMachine README". Retrieved September 27, 2012.
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