Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) is a tool that has been used to enable many distributed, loosely-connected applications. Like any tool, effective use of Messaging platforms depends on how they are used. Are there problems that naturally lend themselves to a Messaging architecture? Perhaps more importantly, are there problems that discourage Messaging? First, however: why is Messaging a valuable pattern for any software system? A good analogy to make to a Messaging platform is a piece of audio equipment called a patch bay. By itself, a patch bay is not useful. Its utility lies in connecting other pieces of audio equipment…
AMQP
Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) is an open standard for passing business messages between applications or organizations.
