Erlang and OTP in Action

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1. al2o3crDec 2023
   Step zero is definitely the OTP Design Principles doc (part of the OTP distribution):

   https://www.erlang.org/doc/design_principles/users_guide

   There are some good texts that have more examples:

   Erlang & OTP in Action - https://www.manning.com/books/erlang-and-otp-in-action

   Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP - https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/designing-for-scalabili...

   One big example of distributed Erlang is Riak:

   https://github.com/basho/riak

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2. SoftTalkerDec 2023
   Yes, Erlang & OTP in Action is one I would recommend in particular. It's a few years old now and I don't know if they've updated it but the basics of OTP, supervision, etc. have not really changed.

   Armstrong's Programming Erlang is another one to look at.

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3. rramadassSep 2023
   In addition to the other recommendation;

   1) The BEAM book - https://blog.stenmans.org/theBeamBook/

   2) Erlang and OTP in Action by Merritt, Logan and Carlson

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4. plainOldTextJan 2020
   If you really want to learn Elixir, you should learn enough Erlang prior, to get a better understanding of how Erlang/OTP all fits together. Thus, I would recommend the following structure:

   1. Read Joe Armstrong's Book: Programming Erlang to learn the basics and the philosophy behind Erlang from one of its creators. [1]

   2. Read Erlang and OTP in Action to learn more about the OTP (Open Telecom Platform), applications and gen_servers (which btw, you will find them all over).

   3. Learn Elixir, perhaps from one of the books Elixir in Action [3] or Programming Elixir. [4]

   4. Finally, start implementing your cool personal project.

   Ah, one more thing: Elixir School is also a wonderful resource with tons of information and examples [5] and of course the official Elixir website with its excellent docs. [6]

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   [1] https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Erlang-Concurrent-Pragmat...

   [2] https://www.amazon.com/Erlang-OTP-Action-Martin-Logan/dp/193...

   [3] https://www.amazon.com/Elixir-Action-Sa%C5%A1a-Juri-cacute/d...

   [4] https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Elixir-1-6-Functional-Con...

   [5] https://elixirschool.com/

   [6] https://elixir-lang.org/

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5. rramadassAug 2019
   Am a noob in Erlang studies but i have settled on the following three books.

   1) Introducing Erlang: Getting Started in Functional Programming. - Just to get an easy intro.

   2) Programming Erlang: Software for a Concurrent World by Joe Armstrong himself.

   3) Erlang and OTP in Action - This one seems to be the advanced book.

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6. andrenthJul 2019
   There are some books focused on OTP:

   * Erlang and OTP in Action;

   * Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP: Implement Robust, Fault-Tolerant Systems;

   * Designing Elixir Systems with OTP (in beta).

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