Elixir in Action, Second Edition, English Edition Some pages have been lightly traced with a pencil. It's a truly wonderful book. About the Book "Elixir in Action" teaches you how to use Elixir to address real-world challenges such as scalability, concurrency, fault tolerance, and high availability. Starting with the basic structures and syntax of the language, you'll learn the functional programming concepts of Elixir and how to seamlessly integrate with the powerful OTP (Open Telecom Platform) framework of BEAM and Erlang. Finally, the book explains how to distribute systems across multiple machines and how to control them during operation. This book does not require prior knowledge of Elixir, Erlang, or OTP. It is aimed at readers familiar with other programming languages such as Ruby, JavaScript, and C#. ⸻ Contents of this book • Practical introduction to the Elixir language • Functional programming idioms • Mastering the OTP framework • Creating deployable releases ⸻ About the Author Saša Jurić is a developer with extensive experience in developing high-traffic, concurrent server-side systems using Elixir and Erlang. ⸻ Table of Contents PART 1 The Language 1. First Steps 2. Building Blocks 3. Control Flow 4. Data Abstraction PART 2 The Platform 5. Basic Concurrency Primitives 6. Generic Server Processes 7. Building Concurrent Systems 8. Fault Tolerance Basics 9. Isolating Error Impact 10. Sharing State PART 3 Operations 11. Leveraging Components 12. Building Distributed Systems