Learning Elixir

Unveil many hidden gems of programming functionally by taking the foundational steps with Elixir

Key Features

• Explore the functional paradigms of programming with Elixir through use of helpful examples
• Concise step-by-step instructions to teach you difficult technical concepts
• Bridge the gap between functional programming and Elixir

Book Description

What you will learn

• Explore Elixir to create resilient, scalable applications
• Create fault-tolerant applications
• Become better acquainted with Elixir code and see how it is structured to build and develop functional programs
• Learn the basics of functional programming
• Gain an understanding of effective OTP principles
• Design program-distributed applications and systems
• Write and create branching statements in Elixir
• Learn to do more with less using Elixir s metaprogramming
• Be familiar with the facilities Elixir provides for metaprogramming, macros, and extending the Elixir language

Who this book is for

This book targets developers new to Elixir, as well as Erlang, in order to make them feel comfortable in functional programming with Elixir, thus enabling them to develop more scalable and fault-tolerant applications.
Although no knowledge of Elixir is assumed, some programming experience with mainstream Object-Oriented programming languages such a Ruby, Python, Java, C# would be beneficial.