Elixir in Action

Juric, Saša

ISBN 10: 161729201X / ISBN 13: 9781617292019

Published by Manning, 2015

Seller Inventory # mon0000649840

Synopsis:

DESCRIPTION

Erlang is a seasoned development platform that offers highly-efficient concurrency, scalability, and fault-tolerance. Elixir is a modern programming language that takes advantage of the Erlang Virtual Machine without the complex syntax and conventions of the Erlang language. Elixir offers Ruby-like elegance along with the power to develop bulletproof scalable, fault tolerant, distributed server systems that can handle massive numbers of simultaneous clients and run with almost no downtime.

 

Elixir in Action shows how to use the Elixir programming language to solve practical problems associated with scalability, concurrency, fault-tolerance, and high-availability. It starts with a quick overview of Elixir, mapping familiar language concepts to the Elixir syntax. With a solid foundation, readers can confidently explore Elixir's seamless integration with the Erlang Virtual Machine and supporting OTP library that offers battle-tested, industry proven abstractions that can be used immediately in applications. Finally, the book provides guidance on creating deployable releases, distribute the system over multiple machines, and control the running system in production.

 

Key Features

Practical introduction to Elixir, the EVM, and the OTP library

Solves practical problems associated with server side systems

Based on the author's hands-on production experience with Elixir and Erlang

 

AUDIENCE

Requires no previous experience with Elixir, Erlang, or the OTP. Readers should be experienced software developers, familiar with another programming language, such as Ruby, JavaScript, or C#.

 

ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY

Erlang can be used to develop server systems that can sustain large number of simultaneous clients and run with almost no down time. Some popular systems using Erlang include Facebook chat backend, WhatsApp, Ericsson telecom systems, Riak database and Heroku application cloud. Elixir is a modern programming language which can be used to take advantage of the Erlang virtual machine with significantly greater ease.

About the Author:

Saša Jurić is a developer with extensive experience implementing high-volume, concurrent server side systems. He's currently using Elixir and Erlang in production to build and maintain a scalable, fault tolerant HTTP push server and the supporting backend system. He occasionally blogs about Elixir and Erlang at http://theerlangelist.com.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Elixir in Action
Publisher: Manning
Publication Date: 2015
Binding: paperback
Condition: Good