Advanced Features of Akka

Advanced Features of Akka

• start the course
• describe the advantages of clusters and how they work
• create a cluster and actors that can join its nodes
• manage and remove cluster members
• subscribe actors to cluster events
• distribute actors across nodes using cluster sharding
• publish and send messages to members
• communicate with cluster members from outside the cluster using cluster client
• create routers that monitor or deploy routes on cluster nodes
• use Cluster Metrics Extension to monitor cluster health and perform load balancing
• manage clusters using a JMX console or command lines
• monitor and manage actors remotely and enhance remote security
• use serialization to convert objects to and retrieve objects from simple byte data
• describe the Akka I/O implementation
• create and manage connections using TCP
• use the Akka-Camel module to send and receive messages
• use the event stream to publish events
• set up logging within an Akka application
• use the scheduler to create future events
• use circuit breakers to avoid "hanging" applications caused by nonresponsive services
• create extensions to add your own features to Akka
• use Akka along with Sprint or any other JEE application
• use Akka along with Play framework as a service backend
• separate Akka message into its own module, group actors into modules, and deploy those modules independently
• implement continuous integration and deploy large-scale Akka-based applications
• create a clustered Akka application including logging and event subscription

Akka Essentials

Akka Essentials

• start the course
• describe Akka and its advantages
• describe the main concepts used by Akka
• download and install Akka
• create a basic application
• define actors, their functions, and actor systems
• describe how actors supervise and monitor others
• define actor paths, addresses, and how actor references work with actors
• describe the Java Memory Model and how it works with actors and futures
• define message delivery reliability
• configure settings for an actor system in Akka
• create, send messages between, manipulate, and stop actors
• create, send messages between, manipulate, and stop typed actors
• use supervision strategies to create fault tolerance
• configure and use different types of dispatchers
• configure various actor mailbox types
• create and configure routers to route messages to actors
• build actors with Finite State Machine behavior
• create actors with persistent states
• test an actor system using the Akka testkit
• create and use Akka futures
• compose and manage Akka futures
• create, read, update, and configure agents
• create a basic Akka application that responds to messages and uses the Akka testkit