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Self-Paced and Instructor-Led Courses For Reactive Systems

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Courses

Explore our newest self-paced courses, beginning with the Getting Started Course

Reactive Architecture(1): Introduction to Reactive Systems

Learn the core principles behind the Reactive Manifesto, and how they can be applied to build responsive systems.
- LRA-IntroToReactive
- Starts: Any time, Self-paced
Lightbend Akka for Java - Professional

This course will show you how to use Akka Actors to build highly scalable applications with Java.
- LAJ-P
- Starts: Any time, self-paced
Akka-Streams-For-Scala-Professional-Jan-2021-WWaldron

Learn to build fully non-blocking, asynchronous, streaming applications.
- Akka-Streams-For-Scala-Professional
- Starts: Instructor-Led, On Request
Lightbend Akka for Java - Expert

Learn to build the pinnacle of scalable, reactive applications!
- Akka-For-Java-Expert
- Starts: Instructor-Led, On Request
Lightbend Akka for Java - Professional

Learn to build highly scalable, concurrent applications that increase throughput while reducing hardware costs.
- Akka-For-Java-Professional
- Starts: Instructor-Led, On Request
Lightbend Akka for Scala - Expert

Learn to build the pinnacle of scalable, reactive applications!
- Akka-For-Scala-Expert
- Starts: Instructor-Led, On Request
Lightbend Akka for Scala - Professional

Learn to build highly scalable, concurrent applications that increase throughput while reducing hardware costs.
- Akka-For-Scala-Professional
- Starts: Instructor-Led, On Request
Lightbend Akka Streams for Java - Professional

Learn to build fully non-blocking, asynchronous, streaming applications.
- Akka-Streams-For-Java-Professional
- Starts: Instructor-Led, On Request
Lightbend Akka Streams for Scala - Professional

Learn to build fully non-blocking, asynchronous, streaming applications.
- Akka-Streams-For-Scala-Professional
- Starts: Instructor-Led, On Request
Reactive Architecture - Professional

This course will introduce you to some of the tools and techniques used to build Reactive systems.
- Reactive-Architecture-Professional
- Starts: Instructor-Led, On Request
Lightbend Scala Language - Expert

Unleash the power of Scala's type system.
- Scala-Language-Expert
- Starts: Instructor-Led, On Request
Lightbend Scala Language - Professional

Object-oriented meets functional programming. Take your first steps in Scala!
- Scala-Language-Professional
- Starts: Instructor-Led, On Request
Lightbend Akka Cluster - Sharding (Java)

This course will show you how to use Akka Cluster Sharding in Java as part of a Reactive System.
- LAC-Sharding-Java-Classic
- Starts: Any time, self-paced
Lightbend Data Engineering - Cloudflow Principles

This course will teach you about the principles of distributed streaming applications with Cloudflow.
- LDE-Cloudflow-Principles
- Starts: Any time, Self-paced
Lightbend Akka Cluster - Sharding (Scala)

This course will show you how to use Akka Cluster Sharding as part of a Reactive System.
- LAC-Sharding-Scala-Classic
- Starts: Any time, self-paced
Lightbend Akka Streams for Java - Professional

This course will show you how to use Akka Streams to build streaming applications.
- LTJ-P
- Starts: Any time, Self-paced
Lightbend Data Engineering - Data Principles

This course will teach you valuable techniques and principles for dealing with data and serialization, for performance, security, and usability.
- LDE-DataPrinciples
- Starts: Any time, Self-paced
Lightbend Akka Streams for Scala - Professional

This course will show you how to use Akka Streams to build streaming applications.
- LTS-P
- Starts: Any time, Self-paced
Getting Started with Lightbend Academy

This course introduces you to training paths to help you navigate the Lightbend Academy.
- LBA-GettingStarted
- Starts: Any time, self-paced
Lightbend Scala Language - Professional

Object-oriented meets functional programming. Take your first steps in Scala!
- LSL-P-Scala-Language-Professional
- Starts: Any time, self-paced
Lightbend Akka for Scala - Professional

This course will show you how to use Akka Actors to build highly scalable applications.
- LAS-P
- Starts: Any time, self-paced
Monitoring Akka with Lightbend Telemetry

This course shows you how to integrate Lightbend Telemetry into an Akka, Play, or Lagom application.
- LTM-Installation
- Starts: Any time, Self-paced
Lightbend Akka Cluster - Fundamentals

This course will peel back the curtain and show you what happens inside of an Akka Cluster.
- LAC-Fundamentals
- Starts: Any time, self-paced
Lightbend Java Language - Futures

This course teaches Java developers how to use CompletableFutures to create async, non-blocking operations.
- LJL-Futures
- Starts: Any time, Self-paced
Lightbend Java Language - Lambdas

This course introduces Lambdas and related concepts. Lambdas allow developers to write Java in a functional style.
- LJL-Lambdas
- Starts: Any time, Self-paced
Lightbend Lagom for Java - Hello World

This course is a gentle introduction to Lagom through the implementation of a simple Hello World application.
- LLJ-HelloWorld
- Starts: Any time, Self-paced
Reactive Architecture(6): CQRS & Event Sourcing

Learn CQRS, and Event Sourcing, and see how they can be applied when building Reactive Systems.
- LRA-CQRSandEventSourcing
- Starts: Any time, Self-paced
Reactive Architecture(4): Building Scalable Systems

This course discusses challenges with distributed systems, such as balance between availability and consistency.
- LRA-BuildingScalableSystems
- Starts: Any time, Self-paced
Reactive Architecture(5): Distributed Messaging Patterns

Learn important patterns for building Reactive Systems based on asynchronous, non-blocking messages.
- LRA-DistributedMessagingPatterns
- Starts: Any time, Self-paced
Reactive Architecture(3): Reactive Microservices

This course explores the difference between monoliths and microservices, and highlights the importance of isolation.
- LRA-ReactiveMicroservices
- Starts: Any time, Self-paced
Reactive Architecture(2): Domain Driven Design

See how Domain Driven Design can be used to decompose a large business domain into smaller bounded contexts.
- LRA-DomainDrivenDesign
- Starts: Any time, Self-paced