How to build a network stack in Ruby

Dive into low-level network programming with this guide to building a network stack in Ruby. Learn about sockets, datagrams, and more.

Introduction

A guide to building a network stack in Ruby for developers interested in networking and programming.

Highlights

• Learning about sockets, datagrams, bit-twiddling and more — all from the comfort of a high-level language
• Implementing UDP using sockets and reading raw ethernet frames, IP packets and UDP datagrams
• Using bitwise operations to extract data from network packets

Recommendation

This course is recommended for developers who want to learn about low-level network programming and challenge the mindset that these topics are just beyond their grasp. The simplicity of the UDP protocol makes it a great starting point to dive into network programming in Ruby.