EasyThreadpool

This gem has been written keeping semplicity in mind

It implements Thread Pool Pattern described here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thread_pool_pattern

Recommended for I/O activities are easily parallelizable, such as downloading remote resources, web scraping, bulk API calls, etc

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'easy_threadpool'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install easy_threadpool

Usage

require "easy_threadpool"
pool = Thread.pool(10)

20.times {
  pool.process do 
    # Put your slow task here
    sleep rand(0.3..2)
    puts "Task consumed by worker ##{Thread.current[:id]}"
  end
}
pool.shutdown

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request