One of the notable features provided by the Elixir language is the way it handles concurrency, how this is beneficial on a daily basis and adds value to the final software. And one of the things that comes up when learning about concurrency in Elixir is an acronym we hear a lot, called OTP. OTP The … »
Uma das grandes características da linguagem Elixir é a maneira como ela lida com concorrência, como isso traz benefícios no dia-a-dia e como isso agrega valor ao software final. Quando vamos estudar sobre concorrência, uma das coisas que surgem durante esse aprendizado é uma tal sigla que escutamos muito, chamada OTP. OTP A sigla significa … »
Adopting Elixir is a new book by Ben Marx, José Valim and Bruce Tate, published by The Pragmatic Programmers. PragProg has kindly agreed on giving away the first chapter for free, thus collaborating to spread knowledge about the Elixir language. Elixir is an exciting new language, but to successfully get your application from start to … »
Como a empresa que criou o Elixir, naturalmente, a Plataformatec estará apoiando o evento Elixir Brasil, que vai acontecer em São Paulo, no dia 03 de fevereiro. Esse evento aborda duas trilhas principais de conteúdo: uma para quem já desenvolve em Elixir e outras linguagens de programação funcional, e a outra para quem está começando … »
The creation of the Elixir language happened inside Plataformatec’s walls. Since its inception, our team is always figuring out new ways to contribute to the ecosystem. That’s how the idea of writing a new book came out. A couple of months ago, our team member Ulisses Almeida blogged about the release of his book, Learn Functional Programming with Elixir. It’s still … »
Last week, The Pragmatic Bookshelf started the sales of Learn Functional Programming with Elixir written by me, now in beta. After one year of hard work, we are finally publishing the beta version of the book. In this blog post, I’ll tell you about the motivation for writing a book, its contents and its future. … »
