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Meet Elixir 1.2, a functional, concurrent language built on the rock-solid Erlang VM. Elixir's pragmatic syntax and built-in support for metaprogramming will make you productive and keep you interested for the long haul. This book is the introduction to Elixir for experienced programmers.

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On this day in 1838 Alfred Vail demonstrated a telegraph system using dots and dashes. Imagine communicating electronically today by having to tap out individual characters using dots and dashes. It seems so primitive by comparison with modern techniques.

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And if you really want to see how clunky and primitive current programming languages feel, check out the new edition of Programming Elixir for the just-released 1.2, available exclusively from pragprog.com/book/elixir12. If you previously bought the ebook directly from pragprog.com, you'll find a 100% off coupon in your account for this new edition.

It makes older languages feel like dots and dashes.

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Serverless Single Page Apps: Fast, Scalable, and Available

You don’t need to manage your own servers to build powerful web applications. This book will show you how to create a single page app that runs entirely on web services, scales to millions of users, and costs less per day than a cup of coffee.

Using a web browser, a prepared workspace, and your favorite editor, you’ll build a complete single page web application, step by step. Learn the fundamental technologies behind modern single page apps, and use web standards to create lean web applications that can take advantage of the newest technologies. Deploy your application quickly using Amazon S3. Use Amazon Cognito to connect with providers like Google and Facebook to manage user identities. Read and write user data directly from the browser using DynamoDB, and build your own scalable custom microservices with Amazon Lambda.

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Programming Elixir 1.2: Functional |> Concurrent |> Pragmatic |> Fun

As a developer, you've probably heard that functional programming techniques help manage the complexities of today's real-world, concurrent systems. You're also investigating designs that help you maximize uptime and manage security.

This book is your guide to Elixir, a modern, functional, and concurrent programming language. Because Elixir runs on the Erlang VM, and uses the underlying Erlang/OTP architecture, it benefits from almost 20 years of research into high performance, highly parallel, and seriously robust applications. Elixir brings a lot that's new: a modern, Ruby-like, extendable syntax, compile and runtime evaluation, a hygienic macro system, and more.

But, just as importantly, Elixir brings a sense of enjoyment to parallel, functional programming. Your applications become fun to work with, and the language encourages you to experiment.

Part 1 covers the basics of writing sequential Elixir programs. We'll look at the language, the tools, and the conventions.

Part 2 uses these skills to start writing concurrent code—applications that use all the cores on your machine, or all the machines on your network! And we do it both with and without OTP.

And Part 3 looks at the more advanced features of the language, from DSLs and code generation to extending the syntax.

By the end of this book, you'll understand Elixir, and know how to apply it to solve your complex, modern problems.

This new second edition has been thoroughly updated to include the new with expression, the exrm release manager, and the removal of deprecated types.

Now available from pragprog.com/book/elixir12.

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