An Introduction to the Actor Model and Akka.NET

The Actor Model is a well-established paradigm for building fault-tolerant and scalable applications. Recently, it has seen a resurgence as distributed and asynchronous systems gain popularity.

In this introductory talk at CodeOnTheBeach 2018, Sean Killeen walks the audience through the concepts of the actor model, its benefits over traditional approaches, and the basics of how to use Akka.NET to achieve these advantages in your .NET applications.