Akka.NET Succinctly

Purpose

The purpose of this book is to make you aware of the Akka.NET framework and to let you start working with this technology in the fastest possible way.

My hope is that after reading this e-book, you will have enough knowledge to start coding and using Akka.NET effectively.

Target audience

This book is intended for software developers and readers with a good understanding of object-oriented programming, the Microsoft.NET Framework (all of the examples are written in C#), and the usage of the asynchronous execution in .NET. Knowledge of multithreading is also nice to have.

You should be already familiar with ASP.NET Core, Microsoft Visual Studio, and Microsoft.NET in general, as those concepts are not fully explained here.

Some shortcuts have been taken in this e-book, as the intention is not to go too deep into the details—but rather to show the various options, possibilities, and concepts.

Additional information and resources

A lot of additional information about Akka.NET can be found directly on the Akka.NET website.

If you want to know more about the technologies mentioned in this book, take a look at the following resources:

• C# Language
• Distributed Computing
• Reactive Manifesto