The RabbitMQ Cookbook covers RabbitMQ and the corresponding AMQP protocol.
Even the less-experienced programmer can find a lot of information that is useful to start developing messaging applications using RabbitMQ, especially in the first few chapters.
However, in order to fully appreciate some of the chapters of the book, the reader should also know the basic concepts about web and cloud applications.
The book is full of examples that show you how to use RabbitMQ in very disparate scenarios, in different technologies, right from single hosts to geographically replicated high-availability clusters. Mostly everyone working with these technologies will find a lot of useful information within this book.
Chapter 1, Working with AMQP, introduces the basic concepts of AMQP, the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol, on which RabbitMQ is based. It shows how the fire-and-forget messaging model works and how to use it from clients.
Chapter 2, Going beyond the AMQP Standard, covers the RabbitMQ extensions of AMQP and how they can be used to increase the efficiency of messaging applications.
Chapter 3, Managing RabbitMQ, explains how to configure RabbitMQ parameters, enable RabbitMQ plugins, and monitor RabbitMQ activities.
Chapter 4, Mixing Different Technologies, covers the integration of different technologies with other protocols, such as MQTT, STOMP, and JSON.
Chapter 5, Using RabbitMQ in Web Applications, shows how to develop web applications with RabbitMQ as a service bus.
Chapter 6, Developing Scalable Applications, explains how to create scalable and robust applications using RabbitMQ clustering.
Chapter 7, Developing High-availability Applications, covers the high-availability options offered by RabbitMQ.
Chapter 8, Performance Tuning for RabbitMQ, explains how to optimize the performance of applications based on RabbitMQ in different scenarios.
Chapter 9, Extending RabbitMQ Functionality, covers the use and development of RabbitMQ plugins.
Chapter 10, RabbitMQ on AWS, explains how to deploy RabbitMQ applications on Amazon Web Services.
Chapter 11, AMQP and Cloud Computing – RabbitMQ on PaaS, explains how to deploy and use RabbitMQ on Cloud Foundry.
Chapter 12, Managing RabbitMQ Error Conditions, explains how to diagnose and deal with RabbitMQ error conditions.