Appendix A. Dotsero: An Akka-like Toolkit for .NET

This appendix introduces you to Dotsero [Dotsero Toolkit], a simple yet powerful toolkit for developing with the Actor model on the .NET platform. It also introduces you to the basics of actors using the C# programming language. This should be a welcome sight to those less accustomed to the Java or Scala programming language. By examining the basic actor messaging style using Request-Reply (209), you will remove from your mind any lingering mystery about actors.

Dotsero Actor System

Dotsero supports most of the basic features of the Akka toolkit and at least those that are expected for similar use. Figure A.1 illustrates the big items available with Dotsero.

Figure A.1 The basic elements ...

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