Event Based Programming with Vert.x and JRuby

[Vert.x](http://vertx.io/) is a polyglot, lightweight, high performance application platform for the JVM that provides a non blocking, asynchronous event based programming model in a simple and scalable way.

In this talk we will look at how you can take your regular Ruby code and Gems and combine them with Vert.x's module system to build a highly concurrent system without leaving your favourite language.