Events/Messaging Questions

Do I need to process multiple tasks concurrently?

Message brokers allow for multiple tasks to be processed in parallel, allowing for increased efficiency and scalability.

Is scalability an important factor in my application?

Message brokers provide the ability to scale up the application to accommodate more users or tasks.

Do I need to ensure message delivery and reliability?

Message brokers provide reliable delivery of messages, ensuring that messages are delivered and processed correctly.

Do I need to support asynchronous communication?

Message brokers provide the capability to support asynchronous communication, allowing for message processing to be done at a later time.

Do I need to handle message transformation?

Message brokers provide the ability to transform messages into different formats, allowing for easier integration with other systems.

Do I need to support message routing and filtering?

Message brokers provide the capability to route and filter messages, allowing for more efficient message processing.

Do I need to store messages in the event of an outage?

Message brokers provide the ability to store messages in the event of reading an outage, ensuring that messages are not lost.

Do I need to support message queuing?

Message brokers provide the ability to queue messages, ensuring that messages are processed in a timely manner.

Do I need to support multiple languages?

Message brokers provide the capability to support multiple languages, allowing for applications to be developed in multiple languages.

Do I need to support message logging?

Message brokers provide the ability to log messages, allowing for better tracking and debugging of applications.

Reason	Message Broker	Event Bus	Both	None
Publish and subscribe messages	✅
Route messages to multiple destinations	✅
Scale message processing for multiple consumers	✅
Store messages for later processing	✅
Send messages to multiple consumers		✅
Publish and subscribe to events		✅
Send messages to a single consumer			✅
Send a message and then receive a response			✅
Guarantee message delivery	✅
Process messages in real time		✅
Guarantee message ordering	✅
Manage message routing	✅
Store messages in a queue	✅
Maintain message state	✅
Process messages asynchronously	✅
guarantee message delivery within a certain time frame	✅
Process messages in parallel		✅
Distribute messages to multiple hosts		✅
Send a response back to the sender			✅
Send messages with low latency		✅
Process messages in a distributed fashion		✅
Process messages with minimal configuration		✅
Need to transfer large files				✅
Need to stream data in real time				✅
Need to build a web application				✅
Need to store data in a database				✅
Need to make a phone call				✅