This book is the introduction to Elixir for experienced programmers,
completely updated for Elixir 1.6 and beyond. Explore functional
programming without the academic overtones (tell me about monads just
one more time). Create concurrent applications, butget them right
without all the locking and consistency headaches. Meet Elixir, a
modern, functional, concurrent language built on the rock-solid Erlang
VM. Elixir's pragmatic syntax and built-in support for metaprogramming
will make you productive and keep you interestedfor the long haul. Maybe
the time is right for the Next Big Thing. Maybe it's Elixir.
Functional programming techniques help you manage the complexities of
today's real-world, concurrent systems; maximize uptime; and manage
security. Enter Elixir, with its modern, Ruby-like, extendable syntax,
compile and runtime evaluation, 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. Part 3 looks at the more advanced features of
the language, from DSLs and code generation to extending the syntax.
This edition is fully updated with all the new features of Elixir 1.6,
with a new chapter on structuring OTP applications, and new sections on
the debugger, code formatter, Distillery, and protocols.
What You Need:
You'll need a computer, a little experience with another
high-levellanguage, and a sense of adventure. No functional
programmingexperience is needed.
