#Vert.x: Pushing JSON Around

• Name : Lance Ball
• Twitter : @lanceball
• Github : lance
• Website : lanceball.com

##Abstract

Vert.x is an asynchronous, event-driven application platform similar in style to Node.js, except it runs on the JVM. It supports several JVM languages, including Javascript, and uses a multi-reactor event loop to handle a very high number of concurrent connections. Clustering is built-in and remarkably easy to use, and the Vert.x event bus makes passing messages between components or applications simple. With JSON as the native message format, and a SockJS client that speaks directly to the bus, pushing event-based messages to the browser has never been easier.

In this talk I will introduce the Vert.x platform. I will discuss the pros and cons of Vert.x compared to other platforms like Node.js, and we'll look at some sample code. I'll finish up by wowing you with some semi-live code that pushes JSON messages from a server cluster to the mobile browser in just a few lines of Javascript - and maybe even a dash of Clojure just to keep it interesting.

##Speaker Bio

Lance works for Red Hat and is a member of Project Odd. He is a core contributor to DynJS, a new Javascript runtime for the JVM, and lang-js, the Javascript language module, for Vert.x.