Rock the JVM! Akka Persistence with Scala (Udemy.com)

A must-have for Akka developers: write long-term reactive systems with Akka Persistence and PostgreSQL or Cassandra!

( 22 Reviews )

Created by: Daniel Ciocrlan

Produced in 2021

What you will learn

Learn advanced Akka with Persistent Actors
Write long-lived, fault-tolerant distributed systems
Use Akka Persistence in production with PostgreSQL or Cassandra
Adopt a new mental model with Event Sourcing

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Overall Score : 98 / 100

Course Description

In this course, we will learn how to write long-term, fault-tolerant distributed applications using Event Sourcing and Akka Persistence. You'll write 1500+ lines of Akka code yourself, with guidance, and you will become a rockstar.
This course is for Scala/Akka programmers who need to design critical and long-lived distributed applications.
You probably know Akka already:

it speeds up the development of concurrent applications by as much as 10x
its demand has exploded
it's a highly marketable skill
it's incredibly fun - once tasted Akka and Event Sourcing, you'll never want to get back to databases

I like to get to the point and get things done. This course

deconstructs all concepts into the critical pieces you need
selects the most important ideas and separates them into what's simple but critical and what's powerful
sequences ideas in a way that "clicks" and makes sense throughout the process of learning
applies everything in live code

The end benefits are still much greater:

a completely new mental model around persistence
a more marketable resume
more enjoyable work - Akka is fun!

This course is for established programmers with experience with Scala and Akka at the level of the Rock the JVM courses. I already assume a solid understanding of general programming fundamentals.
This course is NOT for you if

you've never written Scala code before
you've never worked with Akka

The course is comprehensive, but you'll always see me get straight to the point. So make sure you have a good level of focus and commitment to become a badass programmer.
I believe both theory and practice are important. That's why you'll get lectures with code examples, real life code demos and assignments, plus additional resources, instructions, exercises and solutions.
I've seen that my students are most successful - and my best students work at Google-class companies - when they're guided, but not being told what to do. I have exercises waiting for you, where I offer my (opinionated) guidance but otherwise freedom to experiment and improve upon your code.
Definitely not least, my students are most successful when they have fun along the way!
So join me in this course and let's rock the JVM!Who this course is for:

Scala and Akka developers who need to design long-term fault-tolerant systems

Time: 7h

Instructor Details

Daniel Ciocrlan

4.9 Rating
22 Reviews

I'm a software engineer with a passion for teaching. Big fan of Scala and the JVM.
I have a Master's Degree in Computer Science and I wrote my Bachelor and Master theses on Quantum Computation. Before starting to learn programming, I won medals at international Physics competitions.
For 7+ years, I've taught a variety of Computer Science topics to 20000+ of students at various levels. I've held Hour of Code for 7 year-olds, I've taught university students who now work at Google and Facebook, I've held live classes for IT professionals and I'm now so excited to share what I know with a wider community online.

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By Alecu Angelica

This course is more than a useful tool for programmers, it shows amazing effort and dedication. Daniel has an unique way to organize the content. The best teacher that I've ever had!

By Giannis Polyzos

Yet again some excellent and comprehensive content delivery from Daniel, covers every aspect of the akka persistence module.

By Fiston Keith

Excellent course by Daniel again! I truly enjoyed this course. Make sure to take the Akka Essentials course (another 5-star course by Daniel) if you are new to Akka. Daniel truly knows his stuff and he has a natural ability to explain complex concepts clearly.

By Uchenm Ming Chen

The best akka course I have taken so far. I won't hesitate to take another course taught by Daniel.

By Alan V

This course is the best in all the best courses online I have taken in 2018. It explains Akka Persistence in-depth and the patterns provided by the teacher will be very useful in your daily works.

This course will let you master the abstract CQRS designs and implementations.

Again, Thanks for making this awesome course. I have some Akka experience and I found this course teaches me some advanced concept clearly. Taking the notes from this course will strengthen your Akka skills.

Great work, Daniel!

By Riccardo Torsoli

The course is complete and very useful, the teacher is perfect!

By Behzad Pirvali

I really enjoy courses created by Daniel!

By Jouni Vatanen

Akka and Scala are amazing. The course is well made and the instructor is excellent.

By Rodrigo Pattusi

Excellent course!

By Anca Baranga

Very well explained!

By Samuel Kumar

I simply loved the approach on many topics that were covered very easily for a learner to grasp without much hassles to handle.

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By Arkadiusz Chrobot

This course has learned so much about akka persistence that it is no longer the mystery. I think the main benefit are best practices (especially with event adapters pattern) that can save a lot of work when applying them from the begging.