Akka
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Scala
Typed ask for Akka
Akka is a great tool for writing distributed applications. One thing that always surprised me though is that while being…
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Scala
WatchService combined with Akka actors
WatchService is a handy class that can notify you about any file system changes (create/update/delete of file) in a given…
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Scala
Futures in Akka with Scala
Akka is actor based, event-driven framework for building highly concurrent, reliable applications. Shouldn’t come a surprise that concept of a…
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Software Development
Software Transactional Memory (STM)
The Actor Model is based on the premise of small independent processes working in isolation and where the state can…
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Enterprise Java
Adding Turbochargers to JEE Apps
One of the key roles, I play is evangelizing Akka within my local community. As part of the discussions, the…
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Scala
Non-blocking I/O – discovering Akka
Here comes the time to follow some good practices when implementing actors. One of the most important rules we should…
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Scala
Two actors – discovering Akka
Hope you are having fun so far, but our application has serious performance defect. After measuring response times of the…
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Scala
Remote actors – discovering Akka
Assume our test application became a huge success and slowly a single server is not capable of handling growing traffic.…
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Scala
become/unbecome – discovering Akka
Sometimes our actor needs to react differently based on its internal state. Typically receiving some specific message causes the state…
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