front matter
preface
acknowledgments
about this book
about the author
about the cover illustration
1 Introducing Akka
1.1 What is Akka?
1.2 Actors: A quick overview
1.3 Two approaches to scaling: Setting up the example
1.4 Traditional scaling
Traditional scaling and durability: Moving everything to the database
Traditional scaling and interactive use: Polling
Traditional scaling: Transactions
1.5 Scaling with Akka
Scaling with Akka and durability: Sending and receiving messages
Scaling with Akka and interactive use: Pushing messages
Scaling with Akka and failure: Asynchronous decoupling
The Akka approach: Sending and receiving messages
1.6 Actors: One programming model to rule up and out
An asynchronous model
Actor operations