tl;dr: heroku create –stack cedar –buildpack https://github.com/tomaslin/heroku-buildpack-vertx-jdk7.git Vert.x is an event driven framework on the JVM combined with a distributed event bus. It’s basically positioning itself as a polyglot version of Node.js on steroids. It supports Groovy, Ruby, JavaScript and Java. To learn more, visit the Vert.x website or watch this presentation during last ye