Adding Event Streaming to Rails

Example of a simple pattern to add server sent events to your rails app using a separate server implemented in Go

Transcript

1. Adding Event Streaming to Rails (Server Sent Events)
2. @stuartnelson3
4. The Problem
5. The Client The Server The Event Source
6. The Client The Server The Event Source 1.
7. The Client The Server The Event Source 1. 2.
8. The Client The Server The Event Source 1. 2. 3.
9. The Client The Server The Event Source 1. 2. 3. 4.
10. 1. Client requests ES connection info from Server
11. 2. Server sends connection info to Client
12. 3. Client connects to ES server and sets up event listener
13. 4. Server notifies ES server when to push out data and to whom
14. [live demo]
15. The Event Source • easy to deploy • easy to maintain • solid performance • get a fast prototype out
16. The Event Source, cont.
17. Import external packages Create event source Route for clients to connect to event stream Run the app Route to push to connected clients
18. Package and Imports
19. Create Event Source
20. Route Handlers
21. The Client The Server The Event Source 1. 2. 3. 4.
22. Questions
23. https://github.com/stuartnelson3/rails-event-source-demo https://github.com/stuartnelson3/golang-eventsource Repos https://github.com/antage/eventsource