Real World Node.js - Redis and streaming - Boldr. Real World Node.js - Redis and streaming Non-blocking async I/O frameworks are the new hotness, I've already said it. But aside the buzzwords, what can we do with these frameworks? Here's a few examples using Node.js. Track users with Redis Rick Olson has developed a library to track what users are on which pages using Redis to store the data. Now you can track users in real-time! Thanks to Node.js and the async Redis client your server will be in better shape.
Streaming Remember my article about Twitter Stream with Websockets? Streaming with a classic web framework is hard to code (= to avoid blocking the process). Here's some useful code about streaming with Node.js: There's more Don't forget to check out the Node.js wiki to have a longer list of applications. Wow.ly. Soup - Publish, collect, share. Longform.org. Mediagazer.