There is a possibility that our logic ends up in a network error or some unexpected exception. Imagine a scenario where our service needs to call a particular database instance to fetch some data. We might face connection timed out or some other similar errors. In that case, what should be our behavior? Maybe trying to establish the connection a couple of times will help, this can be achieved if our tasks are performed in such a hierarchical manner. We can achieve this task by performing hierarchy via the actors in place. And if some actor from down in the hierarchy fails and can communicate the failure to parent actor, the parent actor, based on the type of failure, can restart/kill the actor or perform some other operation as required. This is in a sense supervising the actors below in the hierarchy; let's say parent actors can supervise...
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Overview of this book
Scala is a general-purpose programming language that supports both functional and object-oriented programming paradigms. Due to its concise design and versatility, Scala's applications have been extended to a wide variety of fields such as data science and cluster computing. You will learn to write highly scalable, concurrent, and testable programs to meet everyday software requirements.
We will begin by understanding the language basics, syntax, core data types, literals, variables, and more. From here you will be introduced to data structures with Scala and you will learn to work with higher-order functions. Scala's powerful collections framework will help you get the best out of immutable data structures and utilize them effectively. You will then be introduced to concepts such as pattern matching, case classes, and functional programming features. From here, you will learn to work with Scala's object-oriented features. Going forward, you will learn about asynchronous and reactive programming with Scala, where you will be introduced to the Akka framework. Finally, you will learn the interoperability of Scala and Java.
After reading this book, you'll be well versed with this language and its features, and you will be able to write scalable, concurrent, and reactive programs in Scala.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Getting Started with Scala Programming
Building Blocks of Scala
Shaping our Scala Program
Giving Meaning to Programs with Functions
Getting Familiar with Scala Collections
Object-Oriented Scala Basics
Next Steps in Object-Oriented Scala
More on Functions
Using Powerful Functional Constructs
Advanced Functional Programming
Working with Implicits and Exceptions
Introduction to Akka
Concurrent Programming in Scala
Programming with Reactive Extensions
Testing in Scala
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