Architecture, system and method for a messaging hub in a real-time web application framework

1. A computer implemented method:

installing, by hub server computing device of a web application framework, an application plug-in that performs data operations for the web application framework, the application plug-in installed at an entry point of the hub server computing device;

executing, by the hub server computing device, the application plug-in based on configuration parameters associated with the application, wherein the application is executed by the hub server computing device outside of a web application stack executed by a web server computing device of the web application framework in order to provide data processing outside of the web server computing device, wherein executing the application plug-in further comprises:

waking the application plug-in on a periodic basis, the periodic basis defined by application configuration parameters; and

running the application plug-in to obtain data; and

distributing, by the hub server computing device, the obtained data from the plug-in application to a framework widget rendered by a client device, the framework widget having subscriptions to topics for which the messages belong, wherein the distributing further comprises transmitting the obtained data to a message broker communicably coupled to the hub server computing device for routing to the framework widget.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the application plug-in is associated with an application executed by the web application stack of the web server computing device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the hub server computing device executes the application plug-in in conjunction with the web application stack executed by the web server computing device, the hub server computer system operating independently of the web server computing device in the real-time web application framework.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein executing the application plug-in further comprises:

storing the obtained data in at least one of a database or cache memory accessible to the web server computing device.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

translating the obtained data to a format appropriate for the message broker.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the topics are each an abstraction of one a plurality of messaging queues implemented by the message broker.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the application plug-in is a producer application that acquires data from a source over a network and sends the acquired data to a message queue managed by a message broker.

8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium that provides instructions, which when executed on a processing system cause the processing system to perform a method comprising:

installing, by hub server computing device of a web application framework, an application plug-in that performs data operations for the web application framework, the application plug-in installed at an entry point of the hub server computing device;

executing, by the hub server computing device, the application plug-in based on configuration parameters associated with the application, wherein the application is executed by the hub server computing device outside of a web application stack executed by a web server computing device of the web application framework in order to provide data processing outside of the web server computing device, wherein executing the application plug-in further comprises:

waking the application plug-in on a periodic basis, the periodic basis defined by application configuration parameters; and

running the application plug-in to obtain data; and

distributing, by the hub server computing device, the obtained data from the plug-in application to a framework widget rendered by a client device, the framework widget having subscriptions to topics for which the messages belong, wherein the distributing further comprises transmitting the obtained data to a message broker communicably coupled to the hub server computing device for routing to the framework widget.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the application plug-in is associated with an application executed by the web application stack of the web server computing.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the hub server computing device executes the application plug-in in conjunction with the web application stack executed by the web server computing device, the hub server computer system operating independently of the web server computing device in the real-time web application framework.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein executing the application plug-in further comprises:

storing the obtained data in at least one of a database or cache memory accessible to the web server computing device.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , further comprising:

translating the obtained data to a format appropriate for the message broker.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the topics are each an abstraction of one a plurality of messaging queues implemented by the message broker.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the application plug-in is a producer application that acquires data from a source over a network and sends the acquired data to a message queue managed by a message broker.

15. A hub server computing device of a web application framework, the hub server computing device comprising:

a memory to store an application plug-in that performs data operations for the web application framework; and

a processing device communicably coupled to the memory, the processing device configured to:

install the application plug-in at an entry point of the hub server computing device;

execute the application plug-in based on configuration parameters associated with the application, wherein the application is executed by the processing device outside of a web application stack executed by a web server computing device of the web application framework in order to provide data processing outside of the web server computing device, wherein executing the application plug-in further comprises:

waking the application plug-in on a periodic basis, the periodic basis defined by application configuration parameters; and

running the application plug-in to obtain data; and

distribute the obtained data from the plug-in application to a framework widget rendered by a client device, the framework widget having subscriptions to topics for which the messages belong, wherein the distributing further comprises transmitting the obtained data to a message broker communicably coupled to the hub server computing device for routing to the framework widget.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the processing device is further configured to translate the obtained data to a format appropriate for the message broker.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the processing device is further configured to execute the application plug-in in conjunction with the web application stack executed by the web server computing device.