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 2022

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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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

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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 Kyriakos Tsaliagkos on

Yes sir!! This course carries on from the Akka Essentials one, so if you follow along both, it should be no problem. It is about half the size from the first one, BUT a) It is advanced, so be prepared and b) be prepared to be amazed! Daniel explains the topics in detail and in depth so that the code, as well as the infrastructure, make sense. Having done all this work with simple actors, persistent ones seem like the next logical step. Thanks Daniel, see you in Akka Streams!!

By Aleksandar Skrbic on

Another great and high-quality course by Danial, as expected. Some complex topics are clearly explained with great practical examples.

By Oleksii Mukas on

Superb course! I highly recommend it if you are going to use akka your next project!

By Carlos Rojas Matas on

I've been using akka for a couple of years now, but I've never had the chance to work with persistence. This course was a very good and practical overview of what we can achieve with this feature.

By David Holtzhouser on

Daniel delivers another quality course! His enthusiasm for the subject matter makes things even better.The course is well designed with useful examples.I would have liked a little more in-depth examples around the different serialization frameworks that can be used with Akka rather than writing your own.Would love to see a future update to the course that reflects what I believe it supposed to be the 'default' style of building actor systems with Akka now (Akka Typed)https://www.edx.org/course/programming-reactive-systems

By Cristovan Tamayo on

I really enjoy the lessons of Daniel Ciocrlan and I have not missed any of his courses in the Scala universe ... This course in question is no different, its content is very good, I just wish I had used more "immutable state" in The Exercises. I'll have to look elsewhere. However, the course is very worthwhile

By Francisco Martin on

Excellent course to learn Akka persistent, with complete examples

By Mihai Fecioru on

Amazing way of explaining complex topics in a very crisp & clear manner.

By Kagan on

Best teacher out of all teachers from classes I took from Udemy

By Dnes Lszl on

Same as previous Rock The JVM courses: high-quality, lot of hands-on material with great examples. Learned a lot during this one too.

By Arkadiusz Chrobot on

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.

By Samuel Kumar on