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.[2]
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:[3]
- critical networked applications
- web servers and proxies
- email and IM production systems
- authentication/authorization processors
See also
References
- ^ “Release 1.2.7”. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ “The Ruby Toolbox – Concurrent Processing”. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
- ^ “EventMachine README”. GitHub. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
External links
- EventMachine on GitHub