Above the Clouds - Introducing Akka

This course introduces Akka, a tool that aims to combine productivity and scalability by utilizing Actors and Software Transactional Memory (STM). The course covers the fundamentals of Akka, including managing system overload, scaling up and out, replicating for fault-tolerance, and various architectural concepts such as creating actors, messaging, hot-swapping, and deployment configurations. The teaching method involves a real-world case study to demonstrate how Akka can be used to implement a highly scalable and fault-tolerant compute grid. The course is intended for individuals interested in learning how to solve hard scalability problems using Akka.