Monthly Archives: May 2012

A node.js compatibility layer project is born. The idea with this, is you should be able to run existing node.js code/modules within Vert.x Also this project shows you how to use the popular backbone.js project with Vert.x

I like node, I think it does some things very well, and Vert.x clearly takes inspiration from Node.js in the style of the asynchronous APIs. But node doesn’t do everything well. I’ve highlighted a few areas here: Event loops. Event … Continue reading →

Looking forward to speaking about Vert.x at GOTO Amsterdam next week. Also.. found out my Vert.x talk for Strangeloop 2012 has been accepted

For a bit of fun, I decided to do a little bit of micro-benchmarking of Vert.x vs node.js HTTP performance. Firstly, a disclaimer: This isn’t rigorous benchmarking, and I haven’t attempting to benchmark a wide range of use cases (I … Continue reading →

It’s been a long road but Vert.x 1.0.final has now been released What is Vert.x ? Vert.x is the framework for the next generation of asynchronous, effortlessly scalable, concurrent applications. Vert.x is an event driven application framework that runs on … Continue reading →

I’m intending to release 1.0.final today, but the release is currently on hold due to some problems with the github servers. Page requests are very slow and sometimes timing out with 504 – Gateway timed out. Hopefully they will fix … Continue reading →

The InfoQ article yesterday generated a lot of traffic and interest in Vert.x Over 8K page views on http://vertx.io and 2500 visitors. We gained around 100 new github followers, and were the most followed Java project of the day! Overall … Continue reading →

Infoq have published a short article on Vert.x http://www.infoq.com/news/2012/05/vertx Hopefully we will do a more in depth one, once we have got 1.0 out

Released this yesterday. This release fixes a bug which prevented Groovy users on Windows from using the Groovy API with Vert.x

I released Vertx. 1.0.0.beta 10 a few days ago. This release adds authentication/authorisation functionality to the SockJS bridging functionality which allows you now to write ‘real-time’ web applications without any customer server side modules. The webapp tutorial has been updated … Continue reading →