{"product_id":"introducing-elixir-getting-started-in-functional-programming-9781491956779","title":"Introducing Elixir: Getting Started in Functional Programming","description":"\u003cp\u003eSmooth, powerful, and small, Elixir is an excellent language for learning functional programming, and with this hands-on introduction, you'll discover just how powerful Elixir can be. Authors Simon St. Laurent and J. David Eisenberg show you how Elixir combines the robust functional programming of Erlang with an approach that looks more like Ruby, and includes powerful macro features for metaprogramming. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Updated to cover Elixir 1.4, the second edition of this practical book helps you write simple Elixir programs by teaching one skill at a time. Once you pick up pattern matching, process-oriented programming, and other concepts, you'll understand why Elixir makes it easier to build concurrent and resilient programs that scale up and down with ease. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eGet comfortable with IEx, Elixir's command line interface \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn Elixir's basic structures by working with numbers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscover atoms, pattern matching, and guards: the foundations of your program structure \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDelve into the heart of Elixir processing with recursion, strings, lists, and higher-order functions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreate Elixir processes and send messages among them \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStore and manipulate structured data with Erlang Term Storage and the Mnesia database \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuild resilient applications with the Open Telecom Platform \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon St Laurent,J. David Eisenberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e O'Reilly Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.19h x 7.00w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781491956779\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimon St. Laurent is a Content Manager at LinkedIn Learning, focusing primarily on the client side of the web. He is a past co-chair of the Fluent and OSCON conferences. He's authored or co-authored books including Introducing Elixir, Introducing Erlang, Learning Rails 3, XML Pocket Reference, 3rd edition, XML: A Primer, and Cookies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou can find more of his writing on technology, Quakerism, and the Town of Dryden at simonstl.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid teaches introductory programming, web design, and Linux courses at Evergreen Valley College in San Jose, California. He has co-authored several O'Reilly titles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwitter: @jdeisenberg\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"O'Reilly Media","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45384568307827,"sku":"9781491956779","price":40.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_f95ba073-cacf-440b-9988-76f4deed33db.jpg?v=1787335967","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/introducing-elixir-getting-started-in-functional-programming-9781491956779","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}