Akka Workshop Series: Build Cloud Native Microservices on Kubernetes and AWS

A Guided Tour of Akka Cloud Platform 

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From code and concepts to deployment, this series enables Java and Scala developers to rapidly create a functioning proof-of-concept: a microservices-based, cloud native Reactive Shopping Cart application on Kubernetes. From there, deploying to a cloud provider of your choice—namely with Akka Cloud Platform on the AWS Marketplace—is just a few keystrokes away.

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This workshop series will focus on:

• Guided walkthrough of the Akka Platform Guide's “Reactive Shopping Cart” microservices tutorial, starting from scratch.
• Explore the code and technologies within the sample application, and the Reactive Principles and Patterns behind it all.
• Deploy and deliver a cutting edge, cloud native microservices proof of concept that you can share with your colleagues and management team.

Workshops:

• Part 1 (45 min) - Developer Set Up and gRPC Cart Service
• Part 2 (50 min) - Event Sourcing and Cart Entity
• Part 3 (50 min) - CQRS and Projections for Queries
• Part 4 (60 min) - CQRS and Projections for Kafka and gRPC
• Part 5 (65 min) - Cloud Deployment with Kubernetes and AWS

Prerequisites:

1. Visit the Akka Platform Guide development setup instructions to get prepared.
2. Technologies required are Java 8+, favorite IDE, Maven, grpcurl, and Docker (plus Amazon Web Services account access for Part 5).

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Author

Hugh McKee

Developer Advocate, Lightbend, Inc.

Twitter: @mckeeh3

Hugh McKee is a developer advocate at Lightbend. He has had a long career building applications that evolved slowly, that inefficiently utilized their infrastructure, and were brittle and prone to failure. Hugh has learned from his past mistakes, battle scars, and a few wins. And the learning never stops. Now his focus is on helping other developers and architects build resilient, scalable, reactive, distributed systems. Hugh frequently speaks at conferences. He is the author of Designing Reactive Systems: The Role Of Actors In Distributed Architecture (O'Reilly).