Second Edition
Saša Jurić
Saša Jurić
Overview
Elixir in Action, Second Edition teaches you how to build production-quality distributed applications using the Elixir programming language. Author Saša Juric introduces this powerful language using examples that highlight the benefits of Elixir’s functional and concurrent programming. You’ll discover how the OTP framework can radically reduce tedious low-level coding tasks. You’ll also explore practical approaches to concurrency as you learn to distribute a production system over multiple machines.
what's inside
Updated for Elixir 1.7
Functional and concurrent programming
Introduction to distributed system design
Creating deployable releases
about the reader
You’ll need intermediate skills with client/server applications and a language like Java, C#, or Ruby. No previous experience with Elixir required.
contents
1■ First steps 1
2■ Building blocks 16
3■ Control ow 63
4■ Data abstractions 102
5■ Concurrency primitives 129
6■ Generic server processes 159
7■ Building a concurrent system 179
8■ Fault-tolerance basics 201
9■ Isolating error effects 224
10■ Beyond GenServer 251
11■ Working with components 277
12■ Building a distributed system 305
13■ Running the system 334
