I actually found the RabbitMQ tutorial docs[1] to be an excellent introduction to the concepts, some of the best I've seen. Half an hour to an hour of reading a

I actually found the RabbitMQ tutorial docs[1] to be an excellent introduction to the concepts, some of the best I've seen. Half an hour to an hour of reading and I had a decent grasp of what was going on. I think it would be overkill for a single application, but with multiple applications it provides some useful concepts and features. It also comes with a web UI which can be handy. [1] https://www.rabbitmq.com/getstarted.html https://www.rabbitmq.com/getstarted.html PS. I'll stop evangelising soon, I promise.