Real Time Rack - Konstantin Haase

At least since node.js everyone knows that real time HTTP responses are the next big thing. The secrets of handling incoming requests asynchronously with Ruby is not yet far spread among Rubyists, as the internals needed for such responses are neither specified nor documented and there is a lack of tools. Still, it is possible to use Server-Sent Events, WebSockets and akin with Rack today. This talk will demonstrate the underlying technologies and how to use them in your Ruby application.