The Little Elixir & Otp Guidebook

Elixir is a functional programming language built on the Erlang virtual machine. It combines the productivity and expressivity of Ruby with the concurrency and fault-tolerance of Erlang. Elixir makes full use of Erlang's powerful OTP library, which many developers consider the source of Erlang's greatness, so programmers can have mature, professional-quality functionality right out of the gate. Elixir's support for functional programming makes it a great choice for highly distributed event-driven applications like IoT systems.

The Little Elixir & OTP Guidebook gets readers programming applications with Elixir and OTP. First, it offers a quick overview of the Elixir language syntax, along with just enough functional programming to use it effectively. Then, it dives straight into OTP and shows how it helps build scalable, fault-tolerant, and distributed applications through several fun examples. Readers will rediscover the joy of programming with Elixir and remember what it feels like to be a beginner again.

Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

Benjamin Tan Wei Hao is a software engineer at Neo Innovation. Deathly afraid of being irrelevant, he is always trying to catch up on his ever-growing reading list. He has spoken at meetups and conferences, mostly about Ruby and Elixir. He blogs at benjamintan.io.