Chapter 9. Task Management and Messaging Queuing

While the uses of Redis in enterprise are many, Redis's support for the publication/subscription (Pub/Sub) messaging design pattern allows for a fast and easy way to use Redis as a messaging broker. Redis's role in richer and more feature complete messaging frameworks also gives the application designer added flexibility if Redis's own Pub/Sub is insufficient for the requirements of the application or the project.

Overview of Redis Pub/Sub

Redis Publisher/Subscriber - Pub/Sub for short - is a messaging model that is fast and stable. Instead of processes sending messages directly to each other, a publisher or sender submits messages to one or more channels and the receivers or subscribers that have ...

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