Network I/O for a More Civilized Age: The New Akka I/O
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This talk will explore the benefits and power of this new Akka I/O layer, including a brief exploration of its benefits over the "Old" Akka IO. The presenter will introduce the ByteString & it's powerful manipulation tools for network traffic, the Pipeline system for composed protocol decoding, and much more.
Until recently, users seeking a way of doing Scalable I/O had two choices: NIO, which provides an esoteric interface requiring serious expertise and concurrency control, or Netty - which provides a rich and powerful layer above NIO. The downsides to Netty however include an extremely idiomatic Java API, and a series of separated threads and thread pools left out of the control of the user.
There is, however, hope for the Scala user who abhors free range threading and wants a more Scala-sane interface to a network. Working with the Spray has recently introduced a new, lightweight Non-blockimg network I/O interface built around Akka's core Actors.
Further insights will include a demonstration of Akka I/O's built in system for Backpressure — allowing true handling & awareness of an overloaded network buffer, and compositing of Futures on top of the Actor API to emulate a more functional interface.
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Network I/O for a More Civilized Age: The New Akka I/O
Brendan McAdams
Brendan is a Senior Consultant & Trainer at BoldRadius, where he works directly with clients to help them find success through consulting and training on the Typesafe Reactive Platform.
Please log in to watch this conference skillscast.
This talk will explore the benefits and power of this new Akka I/O layer, including a brief exploration of its benefits over the "Old" Akka IO. The presenter will introduce the ByteString & it's powerful manipulation tools for network traffic, the Pipeline system for composed protocol decoding, and much more.
Until recently, users seeking a way of doing Scalable I/O had two choices: NIO, which provides an esoteric interface requiring serious expertise and concurrency control, or Netty - which provides a rich and powerful layer above NIO. The downsides to Netty however include an extremely idiomatic Java API, and a series of separated threads and thread pools left out of the control of the user.
There is, however, hope for the Scala user who abhors free range threading and wants a more Scala-sane interface to a network. Working with the Spray has recently introduced a new, lightweight Non-blockimg network I/O interface built around Akka's core Actors.
Further insights will include a demonstration of Akka I/O's built in system for Backpressure — allowing true handling & awareness of an overloaded network buffer, and compositing of Futures on top of the Actor API to emulate a more functional interface.
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- Lightbend Lagom: Microservices Done ‘Just Right' (SkillsCast recorded in November 2016)
- Modern development with Java (in London on 16th - 18th July 2019)
- Lightbend Scala Language - Professional (in London on 9th - 10th September 2019)
- ProgNET London 2019 (in London on 11th - 13th September 2019)
- droidcon London 2019 (in London on 24th - 25th October 2019)
- F#unctional Londoners July (in London on 18th July 2019)
- Keynote by Emily Jiang on On Stage Hacking: Build 12-Factor Microservices in an Hour (in London on 23rd July 2019)
- Write Now, Run Anytime (SkillsCast recorded in June 2019)
- Why API Design Matters, and Why Yours Sucks! (and mine sucks too!) (SkillsCast recorded in June 2019)
Thanks to our sponsors
Network I/O for a More Civilized Age: The New Akka I/O
Brendan McAdams
Brendan is a Senior Consultant & Trainer at BoldRadius, where he works directly with clients to help them find success through consulting and training on the Typesafe Reactive Platform.