This book is the introduction to Elixir for experienced programmers completely updated for
Elixir 1.6 and beyond. Explore functional programming without the academic overtones (tell me
about monads just one more time). Create concurrent applications butget them right without all
the locking and consistency headaches. Meet Elixir a modern functional concurrent language
built on the rock-solid Erlang VM. Elixir's pragmatic syntax and built-in support for
metaprogramming will make you productive and keep you interestedfor the long haul. Maybe the
time is right for the Next Big Thing. Maybe it's Elixir. Functional programming techniques help
you manage the complexities of today's real-world concurrent systems maximize uptime and
manage security. Enter Elixir with its modern Ruby-like extendable syntax compile and
runtime evaluation hygienic macro system and more. But just as importantly Elixir brings a
sense of enjoyment to parallel functional programming. Your applications become fun to work
with and the language encourages you to experiment. Part 1 covers the basics of writing
sequential Elixir programs. We'll look at the language the tools and the conventions. Part 2
uses these skills to start writing concurrent code-applications that use all the cores on your
machine or all the machines on your network! And we do it both with and without OTP. Part 3
looks at the more advanced features of the language from DSLs and code generation to extending
the syntax. This edition is fully updated with all the new features of Elixir 1.6 with a new
chapter on structuring OTP applications and new sections on the debugger code formatter
Distillery and protocols. What You Need: You'll need a computer a little experience with
another high-levellanguage and a sense of adventure. No functional programmingexperience is
needed.
