Akka in Action

Akka is a Scala-based toolkit that simplifies developing concurrent distributed applications. Perfect for high-volume applications that need to scale rapidly, Akka is an efficient foundation for event-driven systems that want to scale elastically up and out on demand, both on multi-core processors and across server nodes.

Akka in Action is a comprehensive tutorial on building message-oriented systems using Akka. The book takes a hands-on approach, where each new concept is followed by an example that shows how it works, how to implement the code, and how to test it. Readers will explore a message-oriented event-driven application in Akka and also tackle key issues like how to model immutable messages and domain models, and apply patterns like Event Sourcing, and CQRS. The book concludes with practical advice on how to tune and customize a system built with Akka.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introducing Akka
Chapter 2 Up and running
Chapter 3 Test-driven development with actors
Chapter 4 Fault tolerance
Chapter 5 Futures
Chapter 6 Your first distributed Akka app
Chapter 7 Configuration, logging, and deployment
Chapter 8 Structural patterns for actors
Chapter 9 Routing messages
Chapter 10 Message channels
Chapter 11 Finite-state machines and agents
Chapter 12 System integration
Chapter 13 Streaming
Chapter 14 Clustering
Chapter 15 Actor persistence
Chapter 16 Performance tips
Chapter 17 Looking ahead