= async_sinatra

http://github.com/raggi/async_sinatra

== DESCRIPTION:

A Sinatra plugin to provide convenience whilst performing asynchronous
responses inside of the Sinatra framework running under async webservers.

To properly utilise this package, some knowledge of EventMachine and/or
asynchronous patterns is recommended.

Currently, supporting servers include:

* Thin
* Rainbows
* Zbatery

== SYNOPSIS:

A quick example:

 require 'sinatra/async'

 class AsyncTest < Sinatra::Base
   register Sinatra::Async

   aget '/' do
     body "hello async"
   end

   aget '/delay/:n' do |n|
     EM.add_timer(n.to_i) { body { "delayed for #{n} seconds" } }
   end

 end

See Sinatra::Async for more details.

== REQUIREMENTS:

* Sinatra (>= 1.3.2)
* An async webserver

== INSTALL:

* gem install async_sinatra

== LICENSE:

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2009 James Tucker

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