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Learning Scala Programming

You're reading from   Learning Scala Programming Object-oriented programming meets functional reactive to create Scalable and Concurrent programs

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788392822
Length 426 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Vikash Sharma Vikash Sharma
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

1. Getting Started with Scala Programming FREE CHAPTER 2. Building Blocks of Scala 3. Shaping our Scala Program 4. Giving Meaning to Programs with Functions 5. Getting Familiar with Scala Collections 6. Object-Oriented Scala Basics 7. Next Steps in Object-Oriented Scala 8. More on Functions 9. Using Powerful Functional Constructs 10. Advanced Functional Programming 11. Working with Implicits and Exceptions 12. Introduction to Akka 13. Concurrent Programming in Scala 14. Programming with Reactive Extensions 15. Testing in Scala 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Hello world in Akka

For writing our first Akka actor, we need to add the akka-actor library dependency. For dependency management we'll be using SBT and, as we know, we'll be defining these library dependencies in our build.sbt file. To do this, we need to have SBT installed on our system.

Setting up the environment

To get started with a simple Akka project, we can simply follow these steps:

  1. Go to Lightbend's TECH HUB (https://developer.lightbend.com) and click on START A PROJECT:
  1. Search for Akka Quickstart Scala under Akka projects:
  1. Click on CREATE A PROJECT FOR ME!:
  1. Extract the downloaded ZIP (compressed) file.

We can open the extracted folder in IntelliJ IDEA IDE:

  1. Open IntelliJ IDE.
  2. Click...
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