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Programming Erlang
About this book
Using Erlang, you'll be surprised at how easy it becomes to deal with parallel problems, and how much faster and more efficiently your programs run. That's because Erlang uses sets of parallel processes —not a single sequential process, as found in most programming languages.
Joe Armstrong, creator of Erlang, introduces this powerful language in small steps, giving you a complete overview of Erlang and how to use it in common scenarios. You'll start with sequential programming, move to parallel programming and handling errors in parallel programs, and learn to work confidently with distributed programming and the standard Erlang/Open Telecom Platform ( OTP ) frameworks.
You need no previous knowledge of functional or parallel programming. The chapters are packed with hands-on, real-world tutorial examples and insider tips and advice, and finish with exercises for both beginning and advanced users.
The second edition has been extensively rewritten and covers Erlang R17 features. New to this edition are seven chapters covering the latest Erlang features: maps, the type system and the Dialyzer, WebSockets, programming idioms, and a new stand-alone execution environment. You'll write programs that dynamically detect and correct errors, and that can be upgraded without stopping the system. There's also coverage of rebar (the de facto Erlang build system), and information on how to share and use Erlang projects on github, illustrated with examples from cowboy and bitcask.
Erlang will change your view of the world, and of how you program.
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Table of contents
- Programming Erlang, Second Edition
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- Table of Contents
- Early Praise for Programming Erlang, Second Edition
- Introduction
- Part 1: Why Erlang?
- Chapter 1: Introducing Concurrency
- Chapter 2: A Whirlwind Tour of Erlang
- Part 2: Sequential Programming
- Chapter 3: Basic Concepts
- Chapter 4: Modules and Functions
- Chapter 5: Records and Maps
- Chapter 6: Error Handling in Sequential Programs
- Chapter 7: Binaries and the Bit Syntax
- Chapter 8: The Rest of Sequential Erlang
- Chapter 9: Types
- Chapter 10: Compiling and Running Your Program
- Part 3: Concurrent and Distributed Programs
- Chapter 11: Real-World Concurrency
- Chapter 12: Concurrent Programming
- Chapter 13: Errors in Concurrent Programs
- Chapter 14: Distributed Programming
- Part 4: Programming Libraries and Frameworks
- Chapter 15: Interfacing Techniques
- Chapter 16: Programming with Files
- Chapter 17: Programming with Sockets
- Chapter 18: Browsing with Websockets and Erlang
- Chapter 19: Storing Data with ETS and DETS
- Chapter 20: Mnesia: The Erlang Database
- Chapter 21: Profiling, Debugging, and Tracing
- Chapter 22: Introducing OTP
- Chapter 23: Making a System with OTP
- Part 5: Building Applications
- Chapter 24: Programming Idioms
- Chapter 25: Third-Party Programs
- Chapter 26: Programming Multicore CPUs
- Chapter 27: Sherlock’s Last Case
- Appendix 1: OTP Templates
- Appendix 2: A Socket Application
- Appendix 3: A Simple Execution Environment