ZeroMQ is an Open Source Messaging Library designed for a high-performance asynchronous messaging library. In this video I discuss this tech and build a simple queue with this tech

0:00 Intro

1:48 What is ZeroMQ?

4:48 Messaging Patterns

6:42 Socket Types

8:55 Simple Queue

11:00 Code

23:20 ZeroMQ Pros & Cons

29:30 Summary

Source Code

https://github.com/hnasr/javascript_playground/tree/master/zeromq-simplequeue

Resources

https://github.com/booksbyus/zguide/tree/master/examples/Node.js

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZeroMQ

https://blog.scottlogic.com/2015/03/20/ZeroMQ-Quick-Intro.html

http://zguide.zeromq.org/page:chapter3#advanced-request-reply

Outline

What is ZeroMQ?
- Message library
- Message Patterns
- Broker less
- Simple you build the components that you need
Sockets Types
- REQ
- REP
- PUSH
- PULL
- ROUTER
- DEALER
Message PatternS
- Synchronous Request/Response
- Asynchronous Request/Response
- Publish/Subscribe
- Push/Pull
- Exclusive Pair
Example! (Simple Queue (Push Pull))
Pros & Cons
- Pros
  - Simple (meh)
  - Efficient lightweight
  - Great for small use cases
- Cons
  - You have to write customize
  - If you are building a large distributed message queue then you need to implement all features
  - Feels over-engineered Could be simpler.

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