(Ebook) The Little Elixir & OTP Guidebook by Benjamin Tan Wei Hao ISBN 9781633430112, 1633430111

(Ebook) The Little Elixir & OTP Guidebook by Benjamin Tan Wei Hao ISBN 9781633430112, 1633430111

SummaryThe Little Elixir & OTP Guidebook gets you started programming applications with Elixir and OTP. You begin with a quick overview of the Elixir language syntax, along with just enough functional programming to use it effectively. Then, you'll dive straight into OTP and learn how it helps you build scalable, fault-tolerant and distributed applications through several fun examples.Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.About the TechnologyElixir is an elegant programming language that combines the expressiveness of Ruby with the concurrency and fault-tolerance of Erlang. It makes full use of Erlang's BEAM VM and OTP library, so you get two decades' worth of maturity and reliability right out of the gate. Elixir's support for functional programming makes it perfect for modern event-driven applications.About the BookThe Little Elixir & OTP Guidebook gets you started writing applications with Elixir and OTP. You'll begin with the immediately comfortable Elixir language syntax, along with just enough functional programming to use it effectively. Then, you'll dive straight into several lighthearted examples that teach you to take advantage of the incredible functionality built into the OTP library.What's Inside Covers Elixir 1.2 and 1.3Introduction to functional concurrency with actorsExperience the awesome power of Erlang and OTP About the ReaderWritten for readers comfortable with a standard programming language like Ruby, Java, or Python. FP experience is helpful but not required.About the AuthorBenjamin Tan Wei Hao is a software engineer at Pivotal Labs, Singapore. He is also an author, a speaker, and an early adopter of Elixir.Table of Contents GETTING STARTED WITH ELIXIR AND OTPIntroductionA whirlwind tourProcesses 101Writing server applications with GenServer FAULT TOLERANCE, SUPERVISION, AND DISTRIBUTION Concurrent error-handling and fault tolerance with links, monitors, and processesFault tolerance with SupervisorsCompleting the worker-pool applicationDistribution and load balancingDistribution and fault toleranceDialyzer and type specificationsProperty-based and concurrency testing