Copyright
Brief Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About this Book
1. Getting started with Elixir and OTP
Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1. Elixir
1.2. How is Elixir different from Erlang?
1.2.1. Tooling
1.2.2. Ecosystem
1.3. Why Elixir and not X?
1.4. What is Elixir/OTP good for?
1.5. The road ahead
1.5.1. A sneak preview of OTP behaviors
1.5.2. Distribution for load balancing and fault tolerance
1.5.3. Dialyzer and type specifications
1.5.4. Property and concurrency testing
1.6. Summary
Chapter 2. A whirlwind tour
2.1. Setting up your environment
2.2. First steps
2.2.1. Running an Elixir program in Interactive Elixir
2.2.2. Stopping an Elixir program
2.2.3. Getting help
2.3. Data types
2.3.1. Modules, functions, and function clauses
2.3.2. Numbers
2.3.3. Strings
2.3.4. Atoms
2.3.5. Tuples
2.3.6. Maps
2.4. Guards
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