Chapter 17. Looking ahead

In this chapter

  • Statically typing messages with the akka-typed module
  • Distributing in-memory state with Akka Distributed Data

In previous chapters we’ve hinted at several upcoming Akka features. Akka is a fast-moving project; at the time of writing, a couple of important features are under development that are worth mentioning and keeping track of.

This chapter will discuss two important features to look out for in the near future that are currently being developed. Every section will have a short preview of what the module enables or how it will change the way you currently use Akka features.

The actor model that’s described in this book uses untyped messages, as noted in chapter 1. Scala has a rich type system, ...

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