Akka Documentation Release 2.1.0 from Typesafe Inc. (PDF file)
The documentation answers the question, “What is Akka?” as follows:
Scalable real-time transaction processing
We believe that writing correct concurrent, fault-tolerant and scalable applications is too hard. Most of the time it’s because we are using the wrong tools and the wrong level of abstraction. Akka is here to change that. Using the Actor Model we raise the abstraction level and provide a better platform to build correct, concurrent, and scalable applications. For fault-tolerance we adopt the “Let it crash” model which the telecom industry has used with great success to build applications that self-heal and systems that never stop. Actors also provide the abstraction for transparent distribution and the basis for truly scalable and fault-tolerant applications.
Chris Cundill says “it’s virtually a book!,” which at 424 pages I think is a fair statement. 😉
Just skimming this looks quite readable!
I first saw this at This week in #Scala (04/01/2013) by Chris Cundill.