Based on http://boundary.com/blog/2012/09/13/comparing-go-and-java/. See performance test scripts here https://github.com/patrick-higgins/go-and-java/blob/master/bench.sh

Local Setup

Setup Local Database

λ sudo -u postgres createdb erlangdc
λ psql erlangdc
=> create table users (
       id text not null,                                                        
       apikey text not null,
       name text not null,
       email text not null,
       password_hash text not null,
       admin boolean not null default false,
       active boolean not null default true,
       created_at timestamp with time zone not null default localtimestamp,
       updated_at timestamp with time zone not null default localtimestamp
       );
=> insert into users (id, apikey, name, email, password_hash)
       values ('1', 'apikey_value', 'John', 'john@email.com', 'password_hash_value');

Build and Run

λ make rel
λ PORT=8080 DATABASE_URL=postgres://<username>:<password>@localhost:5432/erlangdc ./_rel/bin/erlangdc

Send Request

base64 encode the name:apikey value.

λ curl -H "authorization: Basic Sm9objphcGlrZXlfdmFsdWU=" localhost:8080/user
{"id":"1","email":"john@email.com","created_at":"2012-12-15T16:19:45.618303Z","updated_at":"2012-12-15T16:19:45.618303Z","name":"John","admin":false,"active":true}

Heroku Setup

Create Heroku App

λ heroku create --buildpack https://github.com/tsloughter/heroku-buildpack-erlang.git

Setup Database

λ heroku addons:add heroku-postgresql:dev

λ heroku pg:psql DATABASE_URL
=> create table users (
       id text not null,                                                        
       apikey text not null,
       name text not null,
       email text not null,
       password_hash text not null,
       admin boolean not null default false,
       active boolean not null default true,
       created_at timestamp with time zone not null default localtimestamp,
       updated_at timestamp with time zone not null default localtimestamp
       );
=> insert into users (id, apikey, name, email, password_hash)
       values ('1', 'apikey_value', 'John', 'john@email.com', 'password_hash_value');

Push to Heroku

λ git push heroku master