EventMachine explained

EventMachine
Author:	Francis Cianfrocca
Operating System:	Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux
Programming Language:	Ruby
Genre:	Event-driven networking
License:	GPL or Ruby License
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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]

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

See also

• Application server
• Netty (software)
• Node.js
• Twisted (software)

External links

• EventMachine on GitHub

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Ruby Toolbox - Concurrent Processing . September 27, 2012.
2. Web site: EventMachine README . . September 27, 2012.