gistfile1.html

<script type='text/javascript' src='http://cdn.sockjs.org/sockjs-0.1.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='vertxbus.js'></script>

<script type="text/javascript">

var eb = null;

window.onload = function() {

    eb = new vertx.EventBus("http://localhost:8080/eventbus");

    eb.onopen = function() {
      console.log('connected');

      eb.registerHandler('some-address', function(message) {
        console.log('received a message: ' + JSON.stringify(message));
      });

      eb.send('some-address', {name: 'tim', age: 587});

    };


    eb.onclose = function() {
      console.log("Not connected");
    };
}

</script>