Foreword

I’m grateful that Roland has taken the time to write this foundational book, and I can’t think of anyone more capable of pulling it off. Roland is an unusually clear and deep thinker; he coauthored the Reactive Manifesto, has been the technical lead for the Akka project for several years, has coauthored and taught the very popular Coursera course on Reactive programming and design, and is the best technical writer I have met.

Clearly, I’m very excited about this book. It outlines what Reactive architecture/design is all about, and does an excellent job explaining it from first principles in a practical context. Additionally, it is a catalog of patterns that explains the bigger picture, how to think about system design, and how it is ...

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