Akka in Action

Table of Contents

Copyright

Brief Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

About this Book

Chapter 1. Introducing Akka

1.1. What is Akka?

1.2. Actors: a quick overview

1.3. Two approaches to scaling: setting up our example

1.4. Traditional scaling

1.4.1. Traditional scaling and durability: move everything to the database

1.4.2. Traditional scaling and interactive use: polling

1.4.3. Traditional scaling and interactive use: polling

1.5. Scaling with Akka

1.5.1. Scaling with Akka and durability: sending and receiving messages

1.5.2. Scaling with Akka and interactive use: push messages

1.5.3. Scaling with Akka and failure: asynchronous decoupling

1.5.4. The Akka approach: sending and receiving messages

1.6. Actors: one ...