Realtime Conf EU - Lyon, April 2013

Announcing Prism, the first of several new modules to be spun out of the SocketStream framework. SocketStream 0.4 will use Prism to provide users with an end-to-end integrated realtime framework.

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1. RealtimeConf EU, Lyon April 2013 Owen Barnes SocketStream
2. I’m Owen @temporalwave
3. SocketStream
4. realtime framework for single-page apps
5. 2011 first version launched
6. > 2,500 watchers on github
7. major iterations 3
8. Ideas that work
9. “I really like <feature> in SocketStream. Is there any way to use it on its own?”
10. So I did a lot of thinking... inspired by Rich Hickey and SubStack
11. Developers want two things
12. ✓ Get up and running instantly ✓ Told what to do ✓ Easy to be productive At first...
13. But later on...
14. once you are familiar... ✓ Ability to make changes ✓ Use cool new libraries ✓ A simple, maintainable stack
15. So what’s the solution ?
16. Split up everything into modules that do one thing well & Beautifully integrate them for productivity by removing decisions 1 2
17. Easy to get up and running
18. Simple to change
19. “Flatiron's approach is to package simple to use yet full featured components and let developers subtract or add what they want.” flatironjs.org
20. SocketStream 0.4
21. Asset Server Asset Packer Client-side Modules PushState Routing Realtime Server The building blocks of SocketStream
22. Asset Server Asset Packer Client-side Modules PushState Routing Realtime Server The building blocks of SocketStream
23. So what is a Realtime Server?
24. WebSocket Server HAProxy Processing
25. Prism A fast, modular realtime server github.com/socketstream/prism
26. Standalone Server Just does one thing very well var prism = require('prism'); var server = prism({port: 3001}); server.start();
27. Integrated Session Store Compatible with Express & Connect
28. Start as many servers as you need Designed to scale Prism HAProxy Prism Prism Prism
29. Browser, PhoneGap and remote Node app Client runs anywhere
30. Request Middleware server.use(require(‘rate-limiter’)()); Inspect, modify and drop messages
31. Transport Agnostic SockJS Engine.IO WebSockets
32. Realtime Transports github.com/socketstream/realtime-transport Switch between transports by changing one line
33. So this is all very interesting...
34. but what does it actually do?
35. Built In Extensible? Socket.IO RPC and PubSub Sort of - via some npm packages Meteor RPC, PubSub, models via minimongo Yes. Via custom packages Prism Nothing Yes!
36. Realtime Services A new way to write reusable modules for realtime apps github.com/socketstream/realtime-service
37. Realtime Services ✓ Write client and server code in the same way ✓ Control over each byte over the wire ✓ Return custom APIs to the app ✓ Use them in your own apps!
38. best of all...
39. they are super-simple to write! ?
40. They’re just JavaScript objects! { client: function(client) { // send to client }, server: function(server) { // run on server } };
41. Let me show you!
42. Let’s recap
43. SocketStream 0.4 An opinionated realtime framework github.com/socketstream/socketstream-0.4
44. Prism A fast, modular, Realtime Server github.com/socketstream/prism Alpha out today!
45. Realtime Transports Switch between transports with one line github.com/socketstream/realtime-transport
46. Realtime Services For pubsub, presence, models and more github.com/socketstream/realtime-service
47. Thank you! @socketstream @temporalwave owen@socketstream.org