Richard Warburton and Raoul-Gabriel Urma on Java 8 and Reactive Programming - a podcast by OReilly Media

The O’Reilly Programming Podcast: Building reactive applications.

In this episode of theO’Reilly Programming Podcast, I talk withRichard WarburtonandRaoul-Gabriel UrmaofIteratr Learning. They are the presenters of a series of O’Reilly Learning Paths, includingGetting Started with Reactive ProgrammingandBuild Reactive Applications in Java 8. Warburton is the author ofJava 8 Lambdas, and Urma is the author ofJava 8 in Action.

Discussion points:

• The benefits to developers that came out of the introduction of lambdas and streams in Java 8
• How Akka’s actor model helps in the creation of reactive and asynchronous applications
• Comparing the uses of RxJava versus the Java 8 streams API to develop reactive code
• Warburton’s and Urma’s ideas for preparing the next generation of developers for the requirements of industry, the focus of their forthcoming bookReal World Software Development

Other links:

• The Learning PathBuild Reactive Applications with RxJava, presented by Warburton and Urma
• The Learning PathBuild Reactive Applications with Akka, presented by Warburton and Urma
• The videoProgramming Actors with Akka, presented by Warburton and Urma
• Warburton has been involved as an organizer in theLondon Java Community
• Urma is co-founder ofCambridge Sparkand theCambridge Coding Academy
• Theschedulefor theO’Reilly Software Architecture Conference, February 25-28, 2018, in New York

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