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How to build a network stack in Ruby

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

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Introduction

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

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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.

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