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Reactive Architecture: Distributed Messaging Platforms

IntermediateCourse

Reactive Systems are built on a foundation of asynchronous, non-blocking messages. This course will explore that idea in detail.

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Language

  • English

Topic

  • Cloud Development

Enrollment Count

  • 605

Skills You Will Learn

  • Reactive architecture

Offered By

  • IBM

Estimated Effort

  • 6 hours

Platform

  • SkillsNetwork

Last Update

  • April 3, 2025
About this Course
Reactive Systems are built on a foundation of asynchronous, non-blocking messages. This course will explore that idea in detail. We will discuss replacing distributed transactions with the Saga pattern. We will explore the consequences of building a distributed system on the delivery guarantees we can provide for our messages. Finally we will look at different techniques for delivering the messages like Point to Point or Publish/Subscribe, and how we can leverage external technologies such as a message bus to help.

What will I get after passing this course?

  • You will receive a completion certificate.
Course Syllabus

  • Message Driven Architecture
    • The role of messages in a distributed system.
    • A comparison of synchronous, and asynchronous messages
  • Sagas
    • Introducing the Saga pattern as a way to deal with transactional problems in a distributed system.
  • Messaging Patterns
    • A discussion of The Two Generals Problem
    • Delivery Guarantees in a distributed system
    • Point to Point messaging
    • Publish Subscribe messaging
General Information

  • It is self-paced.
  • It can be taken at any time.
  • It can be taken as many times as you wish.
Recommended skills prior to taking this course

  • Experience in the design of software systems.
Grading scheme

  • The minimum passing mark for the course is 75%, where the review questions are worth 40%, the case study exercises are worth 30% and the final exam is worth 30% of the course mark.
  • You have 1 attempt to take the final exam with multiple attempts per question.
Requirements

  • Reactive Architecture: Introduction to Reactive Systems, Reactive Architecture: Domain Driven Design and Reactive Architecture: Reactive Microservices, Reactive Architecture: Building Scalable Systems or an understanding of the concepts covered in these courses.
Course Staff


Wade Waldron

Wade Waldron is the Microservices Practice Lead, Senior Training Developer, and Senior Consultant at Akka. He is the primary author of the Akka Reactive Architecture training course.


Wade started his career as a developer in 2005 building games for the Playstation 2, Xbox, etc. In 2011 he joined Point2 Homes where he began working on an Akka based microservices platform to provide realtime updates to real estate websites. In 2014 Wade joined BoldRadius where he consulted with a variety of companies on how to use Akka, and related technologies. He also began teaching courses on Akka and Scala.


In 2016, Wade released a book "Applied Akka Patterns" along with his co-author Michael Nash


Today Wade works with Akka where he consults with clients and builds training materials. He focuses on helping people make a smooth transition from a monolithic application to Reactive microservices.