Programming Elixir (Dave Thomas, 1st Edition)

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Programming Elixir: Functional |> Concurrent |> Pragmatic |> Fun

By: Dave Thomas
Foreword by: José Valim, Creator of Elixir
Edited by: Lynn Beighley

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As a developer, you’ve probably heard that functional programming techniques
help manage the complexities of today’s real-world, concurrent systems. You’re
also investigating designs that help you maximize uptime and manage security.

This book is your guide to Elixir, a modern, functional, and concurrent
programming language. Because Elixir runs on the Erlang VM, and uses the
underlying Erlang/OTP architecture, it benefits from almost 20 years of
research into high performance, highly parallel, and seriously robust
applications. Elixir brings a lot that’s new: a modern, Ruby-like, extendable
syntax, compile and runtime evaluation, a hygienic macro system, and more.

But, just as importantly, Elixir brings a sense of enjoyment to parallel,
functional programming. Your applications become fun to work with, and the
language encourages you to experiment.

Part 1 covers the basics of writing sequential Elixir programs. We’ll look at
the language, the tools, and the conventions.

Part 2 uses these skills to start writing concurrent code—applications that use
all the cores on your machine, or all the machines on your network! And we do
it both with and without OTP.

And Part 3 looks at the more advanced features of the language, from DSLs and
code generation to extending the syntax.

By the end of this book, you’ll understand Elixir, and know how to apply it to
solve your complex, modern problems.

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About the author

Dave Thomas is a programmer who likes to evangelize cool stuff. He cowrote
"The Pragmatic Programmer" and was one of the creators of the Agile Manifesto.
His book "Programming Ruby" introduced the Ruby language to the world, and
"Agile Web Development with Rails" helped kickstart the Rails revolution.

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Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
Edition: 1st edition (October 19, 2014)
Pages: 323
File Type: PDF
File Size: 3.59 MB
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1937785580
ISBN-13: 978-1937785581
URL: https://pragprog.com/book/elixir/programming-elixir