Reactive Programming With Akka - Lessons Learned

When mentioning Akka, most of us think of a framework allowing one to design high performant, scalable, and fault tolerant systems. But the question is, how can one utilize the power of reactive programming when surrounded by legacy?

In this talk, we will share our insights and experiences from developing high performance systems with Akka. Despite that Akka APIs are more favorable in Scala, we have chosen and successfully used Akka’s Java APIs. A strategy that may have significant impact on the business and the success of a project. In addition, we will present how domain specific requirements influences your design options, the traps we have walked into, and how everyone may benefit from Akka regardless of green or brown field development.