I need to move my Node JS server running on Heroku to a message queue architecture. Currently, the server receives a HTTP request, does some processing, and responds. The problem is that the processing takes some time, especially when there are lots of requests. This lengthy processing time causes the server to timeout, overload, and crash! My reading tells me a need a background worker to do the processing.
I have zero experience with message queues and background workers and I'm looking for a very simple example to get started. Can anyone suggest a simple, understandable module or example to get started?
I found some examples but they are complex and I'm getting lost! I want a barebones example I can build from.