Real-time Web Application Development with Vert.x

A quick, clear, and concise tutorial-guide-based approach that helps you to develop a web application based on Vert.x.Real-time Web Application Development with Vert.x is written for web developers who want to take the next step and dive into real-time web application development.This book uses JavaScript (and some Java) to introduce the Vert.x platform, so basic JavaScript knowledge is expected. If you're planning to write your applications using some of the other Vert.x languages, all the techniques and concepts will translate to them directly. All you need to do is refer to the Vert.x API reference documentation to see the particular APIs for your language.

Intro -- Real-time Web Application Development using Vert.x 2.0 -- Table of Contents -- Real-time Web Application Development using Vert.x 2.0 -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- Why Vert.x? -- Simple -- Polyglot -- The Java platform -- General purpose -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Getting Started with Vert.x -- Installing Vert.x -- Prerequisite -- Java -- Checking your version of Java -- Obtaining Java -- Obtaining a Vert.x distribution -- OS X and Linux -- Windows -- Running Vert.x -- Embedding Vert.x -- Your first verticle -- Hello world -- A web server -- Summary -- 2. Developing a Vert.x Web Application -- Adding a new verticle for mind map management -- Implementing server-side mind map management -- Listing mind maps -- Saving a mind map -- Deleting a mind map -- The resulting code -- Bridging the event bus to clients -- The server -- The clie…