Articles tagged with 'akka'
A Scala Project with Akka, Cats, and Cassandra
29 min read • • Guide
Akka, Cats, and Cassandra in a larger Scala project integrating multiple pieces of the Scala ecosystem
Founder | Rock the JVM
Akka HTTP Loves JSON: 3 Libraries You Can Integrate into Akka HTTP
8 min read • • Guide
Akka HTTP needs JSON like humans need water: discover how to integrate Spray-Json, circe, and Jackson into Akka HTTP
Founder | Rock the JVM
Akka HTTP to Heroku in 10 Minutes
5 min read • • Guide
Easily deploy your first Akka HTTP service to Heroku in minutes
Founder | Rock the JVM
Akka Streams Backpressure Explained
10 min read • • Guide
Discover how Akka Streams implements backpressure, a key component of the Reactive Streams specification, in this detailed demonstration
Founder | Rock the JVM
Akka Typed Actors: Stateful and Stateless
7 min read • • Guide
Akka Typed has transformed actor creation: in this article, we explore various methods for managing state within Akka actors
Founder | Rock the JVM
Akka Typed: Actor Discovery with Akka Receptionist
11 min read • • Guide
A common pattern in Akka Typed: discovering how to find actors not explicitly passed around
Founder | Rock the JVM
Akka Typed: Adapting Messages Explained
8 min read • • Guide
Learn how to organize code, messages, domains, and logic in an Akka application with Scala
Founder | Rock the JVM
Akka Typed: How the Pipe Pattern Prevents Anti-Patterns
6 min read • • Explanation
Discover how Akka Typed revolutionizes actor protocol definitions and dramatically enhances actor mechanics
Founder | Rock the JVM
Comparing Akka Streams, Kafka Streams and Spark Streaming
14 min read • • Guide
Explore how Akka Streams, Kafka Streams, and Spark Streaming stack up and find out which one is best for your use case
Founder | Rock the JVM
From Akka Streams to Actors and Back
18 min read • • Guide
Discover how to seamlessly integrate Akka Streams with actors using practical code examples
How Akka Typed Incentivizes Writing Good Code
5 min read • • Explanation
Explore how Akka Typed integrates good practices directly into the API
Founder | Rock the JVM
REST APIs with Play Framework and Scala
15 min read • • Guide
Master the basics of Play Framework to build robust HTTP APIs with Scala in this comprehensive tutorial
Sending HTTP Requests with Scala and Akka in 5 Minutes
4 min read • • Guide
Learn to use Akka HTTP with Scala and send HTTP requests in just a few minutes with the Akka HTTP server DSL
Founder | Rock the JVM
Sync, Async, and (Non-)Blocking in Scala and Akka
5 min read • • Explanation
We explore the trade-offs between three parallel coding styles in Scala and Akka: focusing on thread usage and other effects
Founder | Rock the JVM
The Brilliance of Materialized Values in Akka Streams
7 min read • • Explanation
Demystify one of the hardest concepts in Akka Streams: materialized values made simple
Founder | Rock the JVM
Use Akka Streams' Graph DSL: Quickly Explained
7 min read • • Guide
Explore Akka Streams' powerful Graph DSL and learn how to get started quickly with our easy guide
Founder | Rock the JVM