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Scala Reactive Programming

By : Rambabu Posa
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Scala Reactive Programming

By: Rambabu Posa

Overview of this book

Reactive programming is a scalable, fast way to build applications, and one that helps us write code that is concise, clear, and readable. It can be used for many purposes such as GUIs, robotics, music, and others, and is central to many concurrent systems. This book will be your guide to getting started with Reactive programming in Scala. You will begin with the fundamental concepts of Reactive programming and gradually move on to working with asynchronous data streams. You will then start building an application using Akka Actors and extend it using the Play framework. You will also learn about reactive stream specifications, event sourcing techniques, and different methods to integrate Akka Streams into the Play Framework. This book will also take you one step forward by showing you the advantages of the Lagom framework while working with reactive microservices. You will also learn to scale applications using multi-node clusters and test, secure, and deploy your microservices to the cloud. By the end of the book, you will have gained the knowledge to build robust and distributed systems with Scala and Akka.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)

Akka SBT Templates

Lightbend will decommission activator by the end of 2017. So, it's better to use Giter8 templates to start initial Play, Scala, Akka, and more, based projects.

To use this new approach, install sbt 0.13.13 (or higher), and use the sbt new command. To see all available Giter8 templates, go through the GitHub URL https://github.com/foundweekends/giter8/wiki/giter8-templates.

Here's an example:

To create a basic simple Scala project:

$ sbt new <path-to-your-new-project>/scala-app scala/scala-seed.g8  

To create a basic simple Scala and Akka project:

$ sbt new <path-to-your-new-project>/scala-app akka/akka-scala-seed.g8  

To create a basic simple Scala, Akka, and Play project:

$ sbt new <path-to-your-new-project>/scala-app playframework/play-scala...