Akka Serialization with Scala | Rock the JVM

For Scala/Akka developers: maximize Akka performance! Integrate Avro, Kryo or Protobuf, or write your own serializer!

  • Daniel Ciocîrlan
  • 4.59
  • (119 reviews)
  • 3.5 hrs
  • 11 lectures
  • Udemy
Akka Serialization with Scala | Rock the JVM

What you will learn?

  • Write custom serializers for Akka
  • JSON serialization with Spray-JSON
  • Protocol Buffers (protobuf) with Akka
  • Avro and schema-based serialization
  • Kryo for time/space-efficient serialization
  • Benchmark serializers

Your trainer

Daniel Ciocîrlan

I'm a software engineer with a passion for teaching. Big fan of Scala and the JVM.

I have a Master's Degree in Computer Science and I wrote my Bachelor and Master theses on Quantum Computation. Before starting to learn programming, I won medals at international Physics competitions.

For 7+ years, I've taught a variety of Computer Science topics to 30000+ of students at various levels. I've held Hour of Code for 7 year-olds, I've taught university students who now work at Google and Facebook, I've held live trainings for software engineering teams at Adobe and Apple, and I'm now so excited to share what I know with a wider community online.

11 lessons

Easy to follow lectures and videos covering subject details.

3.5 hours

This course includes hours of video material. Watch on-demand, anytime, anywhere.

Certificate of Completion

You will earn a Certificate of Completion at the end of this course.

Course curriculum

Introduction01:13:43

  • Welcome12:37
  • How to Make the Best out of This Course02:32
  • Scala Recap26:44
  • Akka Recap (with Remoting and Persistence basics)31:50

  • Custom Serialization33:38
  • Kryo23:09
  • Avro23:43
  • Protocol Buffers (protobuf)25:41
  • Serializers Smackdown!25:39
  • Serializers Smackdown Results!14:28

  • You Rock!00:27
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