Chapter 15. Case studies, part 2

This chapter covers

  • Facebook case study
  • Twitter case study

In this chapter we’ll see how Facebook and Twitter, two of the most popular social networks, are using Netty. Each has exploited Netty’s flexible and generic design to build frameworks and services that meet requirements for extreme scalability and extensibility.

The case studies presented here were written by the engineers responsible for the design and implementation of the solutions described.

15.1. Netty at Facebook: Nifty and SwiftThe views expressed in this sec- ction are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the author’s employer.

Andrew Cox, Software Engineer at Facebook

At Facebook we use Netty in several of ...

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