Akka is a distributed computing toolkit that brings actor-based concurrency and distribution to Java developers. Akka is the essential technology for developers who must enable Java-based systems for the cloud.
In this program we introduce the core concepts of Akka, such as the actor model, supervision, and the fundamentals of message-based concurrency. Participants will learn to craft highly resilience, scalable systems that are ready to deploy to cloud-based infrastructure such as AWS and Google Compute Engine.
This is a 3 day hands-on program with a strong emphasis on participation. Developers will require access to a laptop along with internet connectivity to participate. We will provide all of the required dependencies to follow along with exercises during program delivery.
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This is an introductory course suitable for developers with a solid understanding of Java, including the new collections API, streams, and lambda syntax. Key features of Java 8 will also be covered as a refresher. The cirriculum is purpose-designed with the enterprise Java developer in mind. Experience with Java concurrency such as threads and fork/join are helpful but not required.