ResqueWhat is Resque?
Background jobs can be any Ruby class or module that responds to perform. Your existing classes can easily be converted to background jobs or you can create new classes specifically to do work. Or, you can do both.
Resque is a tool in the Background Jobs category of a tech stack.
Resque Pros & Cons
Pros of Resque
- ✓Free
- ✓Scalable
- ✓Easy to use on heroku
Cons of Resque
No cons listed yet.
Resque Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Resque?
Sidekiq
Sidekiq uses threads to handle many jobs at the same time in the same process. It does not require Rails but will integrate tightly with Rails 3/4 to make background processing dead simple.
Hangfire
It is an open-source framework that helps you to create, process and manage your background jobs, i.e. operations you don't want to put in your request processing pipeline. It supports all kind of background tasks – short-running and long-running, CPU intensive and I/O intensive, one shot and recurrent.
Cron
Background-only application which launches and runs other applications, or opens documents, at specified dates and times.
