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FREESELF-PACED13 HANDS-ON LESSONS

Learn the Actor Model in .NET, Hands-On

13 hands-on lessons where you build a real Akka.NET app step by step: a word counter that processes web pages concurrently. Along the way you learn actor hierarchies, behavior switching, testing with the TestKit, async/await, Akka.Hosting, dependency injection, and sagas. Taken by 50,000+ developers since 2015.

50,000+ developers since 2015 · Self-paced · Free forever

Aaron StannardYour instructor · Creator of Akka.NET

DocumentWordCounter.cs

public sealed class DocumentWordCounter : UntypedActor
{
    protected override void OnReceive(object message)
    {
        switch (message)
        {
            case WordsFound found:
                Count(found.Tokens);
                break;
            case EndOfDocumentReached:
                PublishCounts();
                // switch behavior
                Become(Complete);
                break;
        }
    }
}
// from Unit 1: behavior switching

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// WHY_AKKA_NET

Make Concurrency Easy

The actor model eliminates shared state headaches. Write concurrent code that’s actually readable.

Run Anywhere

Console apps to cloud-native microservices. Akka.NET scales with your architecture.

Lightning Fast

High-performance message processing. Millions of actors, minimal memory overhead.

Highly Configurable

HOCON configuration, Microsoft.Extensions support, and Akka.Hosting for modern .NET.

.NET Integration

First-class dependency injection, IOptions, async/await, and Entity Framework integration.

Free & Open Source

Apache 2.0 license. Production-ready. Community-driven.

// OUTCOMES

→ Master the actor model for concurrent programming

→ Get hands-on practice with Akka.NET syntax and APIs

→ Integrate Akka.NET with Microsoft.Extensions ecosystem

→ Design robust domain models using actor hierarchies

→ Master testing actor-based applications with Akka.TestKit

→ Discover best practices for event-driven systems

// CURRICULUM

13 Lessons. Your First Actor to a Working App.

From your first actor to production-ready Akka.NET applications: hands-on exercises covering concurrency, testing, dependency injection, and real-world patterns used in production.

1 Why Learn Akka.NET?
2 Our First Akka.NET Application
3 Effective Actor Messaging

1 Using Akka.Templates to Create New Projects
2 Leveraging Actor Hierarchies for Domain Modeling
3 Behavior Switching and Receive Timeouts
4 Testing Actors with Akka.TestKit
5 Working with Child Actors
6 Actors and Async / Await
7 Akka.Hosting, Routers, and Dependency Injection
8 Integration Testing with Akka.Hosting.TestKit
9 Using IOptions and Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration
10 Writing Sagas with Actors, Message Stashing, and IWithTimers

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