Overview
Akka Streams for Scala Professional equips developers with the knowledge and skills needed to build highly scalable and resilient stream processing applications using Akka Streams. This course covers the fundamentals of reactive stream programming, key Akka Streams concepts, and practical implementation strategies. By the end of the course, participants will be able to effectively design and implement robust stream-based solutions in Scala.
Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Prerequisites
- Proficiency in Scala programming.
- Basic understanding of Akka Actors and concurrency.
- Familiarity with functional programming principles.
Course Outline
- Fundamentals of reactive streams.
- Benefits of asynchronous and non-blocking systems.
- Overview of Akka Streams architecture.
- Key components: Sources, Sinks, and Flows.
- Designing basic streams.
- Handling data transformations and filters.
- Understanding backpressure mechanisms.
- Strategies for handling demand and flow control.
- Implementing robust error-handling mechanisms.
- Resilience patterns in Akka Streams.
- Working with Graphs and Materialized Values.
- Integrating Akka Streams with external systems.
- Unit testing for Akka Streams.
- Stream monitoring and performance optimization.