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by Ulisses Almeida
Elixir’s straightforward syntax and this guided tour give you a clean, simple path to learn modern functional programming techniques. No previous functional programming experience required! This book walks you through the right concepts at the right pace, as you explore immutable values and explicit data transformation, functions, modules, recursive functions, pattern matching, high-order functions, polymorphism, and failure handling, all while avoiding side effects. Don’t board the Elixir train with an imperative mindset! To get the most out of functional languages, you need to think functionally. This book will get you there.
Functional programming offers useful techniques for building maintainable and scalable software that solves today’s difficult problems. The demand for software written in this way is increasing—you don’t want to miss out. In this book, you’ll not only learn Elixir and its features, you’ll also learn the mindset required to program functionally. Elixir’s clean syntax is excellent for exploring the critical skills of using functions and concurrency.
Start with the basic techniques of the functional way: working with immutable data, transforming data in discrete steps, and avoiding side effects. Next, take a deep look at values, expressions, functions, and modules. Then extend your programming with pattern matching and flow control with case, if, cond, and functions. Use recursive functions to create iterations. Work with data types such as lists, tuples, and maps. Improve code reusability and readability with Elixir’s most common high-order functions. Explore how to use lazy computation with streams, design your data, and take advantage of polymorphism with protocols. Combine functions and handle failures in a maintainable way using Elixir features and libraries.
Learn techniques that matter to make code that lives harmoniously with the language.
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AstonJ
Looks good - great to see all bases being covered by all these different books
voger
As I see the books description and how it is addressed to beginners I wonder what is different from “Programming Elixir”. Does it offer anything more for those who have already read “Programming Elixir”?
I am asking because I am interested in buying this title.
ulissesalmeida
In Programming Elixir by Dave, he will guide you through all Elixir feature showing you some concepts of functional programming, concurrent programming, and testing. The book is for experienced developers. In Learn Functional Programming with Elixir by Ulisses (what me?), it will guide you only though functional concepts and show you Elixir. The book is for beginners, then a lot of examples will be step by step.
A good example is the “recursive functions” subject. In Programming Elixir you’ll have ten pages that describe the recursive function and quickly jump to lists navigation, high order functions, and tail call optimization. In Learn Functional Programming With Elixir, we have entire a chapter with more than 20 pages about recursive functions. You’ll see bounded and unbounded recursion, decrease and conquer, divide and conquer, tail call optimization, and anonymous recursive functions. Then, we have another chapter with more than 20 pages to explain high-order functions, giving you several examples from simples lists operations to lazy computation.
I’ll hope this explanation help you understand the difference between the two books.
voger
So your book teaches functional programming with Elixir as a vehicle. Nice. Looking forward for it.
AstonJ
Sounds good Ulisses
l0nglive
Please, I need your book ASAP !!!
Happy waiting
This is gonna be great
junebug
I need this book now!!!
peerreynders
Well, if it is that urgent Functional Programming in Erlang starts Monday (June 19) and the skills transfer 100% - provided you are willing to put the work in. The course material is available for 5 weeks for free.
My “retrospective” here.
kokolegorille
beta is finally out
BrightEyesDavid
I just bought it, after receiving the email newsletter.