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This is a simple rails app made to show Sidekiq's capabilities.

Setup

This app only requires Redis. Ensure you have a Redis instance running on localhost, or edit the sidekiq configuration in config/initializers/sidekiq.rb.

To cover

What is sidekiq?

- https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq/wiki/The-Basics

Redis

redis-cli -u 'redis://127.0.0.1:6379/8'

# Get all keys
> keys '*'

# Get the next two entries in the queue
> LRANGE queue:default 0 2

Jobs

• ShortJob - A job meant to simulate a quick processing job
• MailerJob - A job simulating a processing job in another queue
• LongJob - A job simulating a long running process
• ErrorJob - A job simulating a job that encounters an error

Things to Cover

• The Sidekiqs gem interaction with Redis
• How to enqueue jobs
  • A single job
  • A bunch of jobs
• How the jobs are being processed
  • The Job class
  • Class options