Akka.NET Bootcamp v2.0

Welcome to Akka.NET Bootcamp! This is a free, self-directed learning course brought to you by Petabridge, the company behind Akka.NET.

Goals

Via Akka.NET Bootcamp you will learn:

1. How, when, and why you should Akka.NET actors for building .NET applications;
2. The basics of Akka.NET syntax and its core API constructs;
3. How to model domains and problems with actors;
4. How to test your Akka.NET applications; and
5. How to integrate Akka.NET with other popular .NET technologies such as ASP.NET Core, SignalR, Microsoft.Extensions, and more.

Requirements

Akka.NET Bootcamp is all written in .NET 9 and leverages Akka.Templates. So to run bootcamp please make sure you have:

1. .NET 9 installed; and
2. The ability to git clone this repository.

Course Units

The bootcamp is divided into progressive units, each building upon the previous:

• Unit 0: Hello World - Your first Akka.NET application
• Unit 1: AkkaWordCounterv2 - Akka.Hosting, Akka.TestKit, async/await, dependency injection, actor hierachies, routers, and handling complex message patterns

Doing Bootcamp

Important

To get the content and written + video lessons for Akka.NET Bootcamp, you will need to sign-up at the link below. This repository only contains the source code.

And if you super-duper do not want to receive Akka.NET Bootcamp via email, you can read the lessons online here: https://petabridge.com/bootcamp/lessons

Otherwise, please fork or git clone this repository - each Unit should contain a starter (if necessary) and a completed version of the lesson for you to run.

Getting Help

If you need help, please join the Akka.NET Discord's #akka-bootcamp channel:

Second, you can always check out the official Akka.NET documentation or source code.

Looking for Akka.NET Bootcamp v1.0?

You can find all of the old Akka.NET Bootcamp v1.0 lessons here: https://github.com/petabridge/akka-bootcamp/tree/legacy-v1

About Petabridge

Petabridge is the company behind Akka.NET. We sell Akka.NET training, support, consulting, and tooling such as Phobos. Plus lots of free utilities such as Petabridge.Cmd - a CLI for managing Akka.NET applications.

Petabridge also offers Akka.NET consulting and training - so please sign up for our mailing list!

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