September 2020 Summaries

Ably has won the 2020 API Award in the Best API Debut category at the API World conference and expo, which recognizes excellence in developer products and tools. The awards ceremony will take place during API World 2020 Virtual (October 27-29). Ably is an enterprise-scale pub/sub messaging platform that helps developers build complete realtime functionality delivered directly to end-users. The company's win at the 2020 API Awards highlights its leading role in the growth of the API Economy and empowering developers and engineers to build upon the backbone of the multi-trillion-dollar market for API-driven products and services.

Dolphin has built a realtime communication framework for game developers using Ably's realtime infrastructure and Node.js worker threads. This framework enables multiplayer functionality in games without requiring developers to focus on networking aspects, allowing them to concentrate on their game logic. The framework follows the Client/Server strategy and includes features such as maintaining game state, handling player input, and implementing "game rooms" using dedicated servers spooled up on demand. It serves as a starter kit for adding multiplayer functionality to games and can be found on GitHub with detailed instructions.

Ably has introduced the Ably Hub, a platform designed to help individuals and companies share their data easily and securely. The hub allows users to publish data using various supported protocols and apply restrictions on access. It also provides useful statistics on data usage and supports multiple languages and protocols for consumers. By opening up data, the Ably Hub promotes community involvement and encourages novel uses of the data, leading to improvements in offerings. The platform aims to make realtime app development more efficient and reliable.