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.
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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