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Introducing Erlang, 2nd Edition

Name: Introducing Erlang, 2nd Edition
Author: Simon St. Laurent
ISBN: 9781491973370

by Simon St. Laurent

March 2017

Beginner

212 pages

4h 47m

English

O'Reilly Media, Inc.

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Preface
Who This Book Is ForWho This Book Is Not ForWhat This Book Will Do For YouHow This Book WorksEtudes for ErlangWhy I Wrote This BookOther ResourcesAre You Sure You Want Erlang?Erlang Will Change YouConventions Used in This BookA Note on Erlang SyntaxUsing Code ExamplesHelp This Book GrowPlease Use It For GoodO’Reilly SafariHow to Contact UsAcknowledgments
1. Getting Comfortable
InstallationFiring It UpFirst Steps: The ShellMoving through TextMoving through HistoryMoving through FilesDoing SomethingCalling FunctionsNumbers in ErlangWorking with Variables in the ShellSeeing Your Bound VariablesClearing Bound Variables in the Shell
2. Functions and Modules
Fun with funDefining ModulesFrom Module to funFunctions and Variable ScopeModule DirectivesDocumenting CodeDocumenting ModulesDocumenting FunctionsDocumenting Your Application
3. Atoms, Tuples, and Pattern Matching
AtomsPattern Matching with AtomsAtomic BooleansGuardsUnderscoring That You Don’t CareAdding Structure: TuplesPattern Matching with TuplesProcessing Tuples
4. Logic and Recursion
Logic Inside of FunctionsEvaluating CasesIf This, Then ThatVariable Assignment in case and if ConstructsThe Gentlest Side Effect: io:formatSimple RecursionCounting DownCounting UpRecursing with Return Values
5. Communicating with Humans
StringsAsking Users for InformationGathering TermsGathering CharactersReading Lines of Text
6. Lists
List BasicsSplitting Lists into Heads and TailsProcessing List ContentCreating Lists with Heads and TailsMixing Lists and TuplesBuilding a List of Lists
7. Higher-Order Functions and List Comprehensions
Simple Higher-Order FunctionsCreating New Lists with Higher-Order FunctionsReporting on a ListRunning List Values Through a FunctionFiltering List ValuesBeyond List ComprehensionsTesting ListsSplitting ListsFolding Lists
8. Playing with Processes
The Shell Is a ProcessSpawning Processes from ModulesLightweight ProcessesRegistering a ProcessWhen Processes BreakProcesses Talking Amongst ThemselvesWatching Your ProcessesBreaking Things and Linking Processes
9. Exceptions, Errors, and Debugging
Flavors of ErrorsCatching Runtime Errors as They HappenRaising Exceptions with throwLogging Progress and FailureDebugging through a GUITracing MessagesWatching Function Calls

10. Storing Structured Data
Mapping Your DataFrom Tuples to RecordsSetting Up RecordsCreating and Reading RecordsUsing Records in Functions and ModulesStoring Records in Erlang Term StorageCreating and Populating a TableSimple QueriesA Key Feature: Overwriting ValuesETS Tables and ProcessesNext StepsStoring Records in MnesiaStarting up MnesiaCreating TablesReading DataQuery List Comprehensions
11. Getting Started with OTP
The Origins of OTPCreating Services with gen_serverA Simple SupervisorPackaging an Application
12. Next Steps Through Erlang
Moving Beyond the Erlang ShellDistributed ComputingProcessing Binary DataInput and OutputTesting, Analyzing, and RefactoringNetworking and the WebData StorageExtending ErlangLanguages Built on ErlangCommunitySharing the Gospel of Erlang
A. An Erlang Parts Catalog
Shell CommandsReserved WordsOperatorsGuard ComponentsCommon FunctionsStrings and FormattingData Types for Documentation and Analysis
B. OTP Templates
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