Get a sneak peek at the possible future of Ruby concurrency, with guest chef Steve Klabnik!
Tag: threads
Simplify service requests with fibers
How do you get multithreaded code right? The first step is to see if you can avoid using threads at all! The other day I was adapting an email course …
Understanding Ruby Thread-Local Variables
Global settings can cause havoc when threads are introduced. Learn when and how to use Ruby's thread-local variables instead.
Episode #407: Pseudoglobal
In which we put some fears about thread-safety to the test, and to rest.
Episode #319: Log Thread
In this episode, we'll move logging into a dedicated, low-priority thread.
Episode #161: Thread Local Variable
Today's episode introduces the concept of thread-local variables, and shows how they can be put to use in an ActiveRecord-like library.
Episode #157: Lockstep Testing
In this episode we'll explore a novel technique for testing multithreaded code. The lockstep library can be found here: https://github.com/avdi/lockstep
Episode #145: Active Object
Continuing with the general theme of threads and concurrency, today we look at another pattern for splitting up work in parallel.
Episode #141: Bounded Queue
We continue to evolve our thread-safe queue implementation. Today, we add the ability to set a bound on the queue size.
Episode #140: Threads are Hard
In this episode some bugs turn up in our thread-safe queue class.
