Description

When it comes to big data processing, we can no longer ignore concurrency or try to add it in after the fact. Fortunately, the solution is not a new paradigm of development, but rather an old one. With this hands-on guide, Java and Scala developers will learn how to embrace concurrent and distributed applications with the open source Akka toolkit. You&;ll learn how to put the actor model and its associated patterns to immediate and practical use.

Throughout the book, you&;ll deal with an analogous workforce problem: how to schedule a group of people across a variety of projects while optimizing their time and skillsets. This example will help you understand how Akka uses actors, streams, and other tools to stitch your application together.

• Model software that reflects the real world with domain-driven design
• Learn principles and practices for implementing individual actors
• Unlock the real potential of Akka with patterns for combining multiple actors
• Understand the consistency tradeoffs in a distributed system
• Use several Akka methods for isolating and dealing with failures
• Explore ways to build systems that support availability and scalability
• Tune your Akka application for performance with JVM tools and dispatchers