November 2014
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
7h 8m
English
Content preview from Seven More Languages in Seven Weeks
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Table of Contents
| Foreword |
| Acknowledgments |
| The Languages |
| The Authors |
| The Book |
| Introduction |
| The Lay of the Land |
| Bruce Tate (Elixir, Elm) |
| Fred Daoud (Factor) |
| Ian Dees (Lua, Idris) |
| Jack Moffit (Julia, miniKanren) |
| Who Should Read This Book |
| A Final Charge |
| Online Resources |
| 1. | Lua |
| Day 1: The Call to Adventure |
| Day 2: Tables All the Way Down |
| Day 3: Lua and the World |
| Wrapping Up Lua |
| 2. | Factor |
| Day 1: Stack On, Stack Off |
| Day 2: Painting the Fence |
| Day 3: Balancing on a Boat |
| Wrapping Up Factor |
| 3. | Elm |
| Day 1: Handling the Basics |
| Day 2: Taming Callbacks |
| Day 3: It’s All a Game |
| Wrapping Up Elm |
| 4. | Elixir |
| Day 1: Laying a Great Foundation |
| Day 2: Controlling Mutations |
| Day 3: Spawning and Respawning |
| Wrapping Up Elixir |
| 5. | Julia |
| Day 1: Resistance Is Futile |
| Day 2: Getting Assimilated |
| Day 3: Become One with ... |
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