Akka Essentials

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level

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Overview/Description
Akka strives to make building scalable, concurrent applications easier. In this course, you will learn the fundamental philosophy behind Akka, how to create an Actor System, and how to manipulate Actors within that system.

Target Audience
Java or Scala software developers interested in building highly scalable and performant applications

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
2.4

Lesson Objectives

Akka Essentials

start the course

describe Akka and its advantages

describe the main concepts used by Akka

download and install Akka

create a basic application

define actors, their functions, and actor systems

describe how actors supervise and monitor others

define actor paths, addresses, and how actor references work with actors

describe the Java Memory Model and how it works with actors and futures

define message delivery reliability

configure settings for an actor system in Akka

create, send messages between, manipulate, and stop actors

create, send messages between, manipulate, and stop typed actors

use supervision strategies to create fault tolerance

configure and use different types of dispatchers

configure various actor mailbox types

create and configure routers to route messages to actors

build actors with Finite State Machine behavior

create actors with persistent states

test an actor system using the Akka testkit

create and use Akka futures

compose and manage Akka futures

create, read, update, and configure agents

create a basic Akka application that responds to messages and uses the Akka testkit

Course Number:
sd_akka_a01_it_enus

Expertise Level
Intermediate