Akka in Action, Second Edition, Video Edition

Akka in Action, Second Edition, Video Edition

by Robertus Bakker, Rob Williams, Raymond Roestenburg, Francisco Lopez-Sancho
Released August 2023
Publisher(s): Manning Publications
ISBN: None

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Akka solves the big problems of distributed systems, from multithreading and concurrency to scalability and failure. Learn how to use it effectively.

In Akka in Action, Second Edition you will learn how to:

  • Create basic programs with Akka Typed
  • Work with clusters to build robust, fault-tolerant programs
  • Use Akka with Kubernetes
  • Build microservices with Akka
  • Create and maintain distributed state with strong consistency guarantees
  • Employ actor-based concurrency and parallelism
  • Test Akka software

Akka in Action, Second Edition teaches you to use Akka Typed to solve common problems of distributed systems. You’ll learn how to bring together all of Akka’s moving parts to design and implement highly scalable and maintainable software. Extensively revised by Akka contributor Francisco López-Sancho Abraham, this new edition demonstrates Akka’s complex concepts through engaging hands-on examples. Discover the power of the Actor Model, how Akka works with Kubernetes, and how to utilize Akka modules to create microservices that are reliable and fault tolerant.

About the Technology
For large software systems, the action is in the “-ilities.” Scalability. Reliability. Maintainability. Capability. Akka, toolkit for building distributed message-driven applications, delivers on the “ilities.” And recent innovations, including Akka Typed, ensure that this amazing platform will remain the best way to build and deploy distributed Java and Scala applications for years to come.

About the Book
Akka in Action, Second Edition is your guide to building message-centric distributed applications systems. This new edition covers all features of Akka, including Akka Typed. You’ll learn to create microservices using Akka’s powerful suite of tools, Akka Sharding, Persistence, Streams, Persistence Query, Projections, and gRPC. Practical examples taken directly from industry guide you through clustering, deploying to Kubernetes, and taking full advantage of Akka’s Actors-based approach to concurrency.

What's Inside
  • Work with clusters to build robust, fault-tolerant programs
  • Maintain distributed systems with strong consistency guarantees
  • Utilize concurrency and parallelism
  • Test Akka software


About the Reader
For readers comfortable with Java and Scala.

About the Authors
Francisco Lopez Sancho-Abraham is a senior consultant at Lightbend, and a principal engineer on the Akka Team. Raymond Roestenburg, Rob Bakker, and Rob Williams are the authors of the first edition of Akka in Action.

Quotes
Akka in Action is the best source for a deep yet practical and hands-on introduction to Akka. In it, Francisco discusses everything from the foundational distributed systems stuff to how to integrate it with the more recent high-level modules like Alpakka and Akka Streams. Highly recommended.
- Jonas Bonér, Lightbend

All you need to start with Akka and the Actor Model.
- Rares Tausancea, ING

A gem that few books can match when it comes to Actors, CQRS, and Event Sourcing. For Scala and Java developers, it’s an essential read.
- Sebastian Harko, IBM

Delivers a powerful combination of easy-to-follow lessons on the Akka ecosystem and well-timed discussions on important topics in modern computing.
- John Ackley, Carnegie Learning

Table of contents

  1. Chapter 1. Introducing Akka
  2. Chapter 1. Actors: A quick overview
  3. Chapter 1. Two approaches to scaling: Setting up the example
  4. Chapter 1. Traditional scaling
  5. Chapter 1. Scaling with Akka
  6. Chapter 1. Actors: One programming model to rule up and out
  7. Chapter 1. Akka actors
  8. Chapter 1. Summary
  9. Chapter 2. Up and running
  10. Chapter 2. Starting to code
  11. Chapter 2. Keeping state with a variable
  12. Chapter 2. Keeping state with behaviors
  13. Chapter 2. Scheduling a message
  14. Chapter 2. Summary
  15. Chapter 3. One actor is no actor
  16. Chapter 3. Asking and expecting a reply
  17. Chapter 3. Ask with a payload
  18. Chapter 3. Summary
  19. Chapter 4. Akka test kit
  20. Chapter 4. Sync testing
  21. Chapter 4. Async testing
  22. Chapter 4. Summary
  23. Chapter 5. Fault tolerance
  24. Chapter 5. Actor lifecycle events: Signals
  25. Chapter 5. Supervision strategies and signals
  26. Chapter 5. Watching signals from an actor
  27. Chapter 5. Back to the initial use case
  28. Chapter 5. Summary
  29. Chapter 6. Discovery and routing
  30. Chapter 6. The built-in integration router pattern
  31. Chapter 6. Balancing load using built-in routers
  32. Chapter 6. Implementing the router pattern using actors
  33. Chapter 6. Summary
  34. Chapter 7. Configuration
  35. Chapter 7. Akka configuration
  36. Chapter 7. Multiple systems
  37. Chapter 7. Configuration in tests
  38. Chapter 7. Summary
  39. Chapter 8. Clustering
  40. Chapter 8. Why use clustering?
  41. Chapter 8. Akka Management and the Cluster HTTP extension
  42. Chapter 8. Clustered job processing
  43. Chapter 8. Resilient job
  44. Chapter 8. Summary
  45. Chapter 9. Sharding and persistence
  46. Chapter 9. Persistence
  47. Chapter 9. Customizing the persistent entity
  48. Chapter 9. Running example
  49. Chapter 9. Summary
  50. Chapter 10. Streams, persistence queries, and projections
  51. Chapter 10. Akka Persistence Query
  52. Chapter 10. Projections
  53. Chapter 10. Projections in action
  54. Chapter 10. Summary
  55. Chapter 11. Akka ports
  56. Chapter 11. Akka gRPC
  57. Chapter 11. Summary
  58. Chapter 12. Real-world example: An Akka betting house
  59. Chapter 12. The ports
  60. Chapter 12. Summary
  61. Chapter 13. Clustering, part 2
  62. Chapter 13. Clustering with the Kubernetes API
  63. Chapter 13. Split Brain Resolver
  64. Chapter 13. Cluster singletons
  65. Chapter 13. Summary
  66. Chapter 14. Connecting to systems with Alpakka
  67. Chapter 14. Pushing to Kafka
  68. Chapter 14. Effectively-once delivery
  69. Chapter 14. Alpakka CSV
  70. Chapter 14. Summary
  71. Chapter 15. Akka betting house, part 2
  72. Chapter 15. Configuration
  73. Chapter 15. Deployment
  74. Chapter 15. Summary
  75. Chapter 16. Akka Streams, part 2
  76. Chapter 16. Connecting to an actor
  77. Chapter 16. Dealing with exceptions
  78. Chapter 16. Adding elements dynamically to a stream
  79. Chapter 16. Summary
  80. Appendix B. Microservices and architectural principles
  81. Appendix B. Architectural principles

Product information

  • Title: Akka in Action, Second Edition, Video Edition
  • Author(s): Robertus Bakker, Rob Williams, Raymond Roestenburg, Francisco Lopez-Sancho
  • Release date: August 2023
  • Publisher(s): Manning Publications
  • ISBN: None