Lightbend Akka for Java - Expert - Trond Bjerkestrand

Objectives

After having participated in this 3-day course the participant should:

Know how to use Akka's remoting and clustering features
Understand how to make actors persistent using event sourcing
Be ready to start using Akka with a distributed cluster

Target Audience

Experienced Java and Akka Developers who wish to learn how to distribute Akka applications in a cluster.

Prerequisites

Before taking this course you should have:

A good understanding of core Java concepts
A good understanding of concepts taught in Fast Track to Akka with Java
Minimum 3 months of full-time hands-on development with Akka in Java

Agenda

Review of Akka Basics
Akka Remoting

Remote Actor Addresses
Actor Selections for Remote Actors
Remoting Configuration

Akka Cluster

Cluster Membership
Member States
Seed Nodes and Automatic Downing
Cluster Roles
Cluster Events
Cluster Configuration

Cluster Aware Routers

Cluster Aware Group Routers
Cluster Aware Pool Routers

Cluster Singleton

Cluster Singleton Manager
Cluster Singleton Proxy

Cluster Sharding

Entities, Shards & Shard Regions
The Coordinator
Messaging
ShardId- and EntityId-extractors
Rebalancing & Passivation

Akka Persistence

Event Sourcing
Persistent Actors
Snapshots
Recovery

*Akka Distributed Data*

CRDTs
CvRDTs vs CmRDTs
CvRDT Data Types
Replicator
Updates
Change Notifications

The training is delivered in cooperation with Lightbend. | Please get in touch to schedule a private session.