First Akka actor

FirstActor.scala

//your first actor
class MyActor extends akka.actor.Actor { 
  def receive = { //when a message is received...
    case m =>println(m.toString) //...print it out
  } 
}

val actorRef = akka.actor.Actor.actorOf[MyActor].start() //start the actor
actorRef ! "Congratulations from your first Akka actor" //send a message
actorRef ! akka.actor.PoisonPill //the actor will stop when this message is received