Tag Archives: libevent

Jun 13
programming

Libevent V2 – Ultra Simple Message Queue

As part of my continuing effort to learn libevent2, I wrote a very basic message queueing application: usmq – the Ultra Simple Message Queue.
I’ve posted the code on github in the hope that some libevent code samples might be helpful to others. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.
usmq on github.

Apr 07
programming

Libevent v2 Primer

Introduction
Libevent is a library that lies hidden under the hood of much open-source software. It was developed by Niels Provos and is maintained by him and Nick Mathewson. You’ll find it in memcached, node.js, tor, beanstalkd, gevent and twisted. I’ve installed these applications without ever precisely understanding what the “uses libevent” line in their documentation [...]