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 mu…
"The most readable and up-to-date treatment of Akka I have seen." Kevin Esler, TimeTrade Systems Akka in Action shows you how to build message-oriented systems with Akka. This comprehensive, hands-on tutorial introduces each concept with a working example. You'll start with the …
Introducing Akka -- Up and running -- Test-driven development with actors -- Fault tolerance -- Futures -- Your first distributed Akka app -- Configuration, logging, and deployment -- Structural patterns for actors -- Routing messages -- Message channels -- Finite-state machines…