Real-Time HTML5 and Ruby

Evented programming. HTML5. Real time.

These are the buzzwords of the day, and it seems like Ruby web developers are missing out on all the fun. Real-time technologies that fall under the HTML5 banner like WebSockets and Server-Sent Events are the future of web development, so it's important to not get left behind.

This session is a deep-dive on the current state of the art for real-time, evented web frameworks in Ruby:

• An overview of the WebSockets and Server-Sent Events specifications. Why were they created? What problems do they solve? How are they implemented in the browser?
• A look at EventMachine: it's history and current implementation.
• A walkthrough creating a Server-Sent Events app using Goliath, and a WebSockets app using Cramp.

Attendees will leave this session ready to build apps for the real-time web using the best technologies the Ruby ecosystem has to offer.