0MQ (zeromq)

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Slides

• http://www.slideshare.net/fcrippa/europycon2011-implementing-distributed-application-using-zeromq
• http://www.slideshare.net/IanBarber/zeromq-is-the-answer

Zero

• Zero broker
• Zero latency (almost zero)
• Zero administration
• Zero cost
• Zero waste

Sockets

• Unicast transport (inproc, ipc, tcp)
• Multicast transport (pgm, epgm)
• connect() and bind() are independent
• Async (with queues)
• Express a certain "message pattern"
• Not necessarily one-to-one

...And

• Cross platform
• Multiple languages
• Open source

Basic Message Patterns

• Request/response
• Pub/sub
• Pipeline

ZeroMQ is the anwser

http://www.slideshare.net/IanBarber/zeromq-is-the-answer

• 0MQ is unbelievebly cool
• many workflows possible, e.g.
  • queue
  • esb
  • pipelin
  • async
  • pub/sub
  • gateway

Request/response

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