Software Engineering: Akka Foundation training

Over the course of two-days, you'll build a sample application, step-by-step, then expose the Actor-based application to the web using Akka HTTP. You'll learn the most important Scala features used in these frameworks, best practices, and advanced possibilities, with a strong emphasis on testing.

"Good and useful. Hands-on really helped to understand concepts." - Infosys

Is the Akka Foundation training course right for me?

• Yes - if you are a mid-level/senior developer or hands-on architect
• Yes - if you want to learn how to build web-based reactive applications using Akka and Akka HTTP
• Yes - if you have basis knowledge of Scala

What will I achieve by completing this training course? 

You will learn:

• The architectural foundation used to build reactive systems 
• The principles of Actor-based concurrency
• What the core building blocks Akka and Akka HTTP offer
• The most important advanced Scala features used in Akka and Akka HTTP

You will gain hands-on experience in:

• Using the core features Akka offers: Actor Basics, Testing Actors, Resilience, Configuration, Extensions, Scheduling, Event Stream, Logging, State Machines
• Writing REST APIs and web frontends with Akka HTTP by mastering: Akka HTTP Routing DSL, Testing Routes, Directives, Marshalling/Unmarshalling, Integration with Akka
• Applying the advanced Scala features applied in Akka and Akka HTTP: Partial Functions, Implicit Conversions, Futures and Promises

You will develop the skills to:

• Confidently write production applications with Akka and Akka HTTP
• Test Actor-based code
• Design asynchronous, non-blocking and event-driven systems and which best practices to apply
• Expose Actor-based applications to the web using Akka HTTP

What else should I know?

• Basic knowledge of Scala is required