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208 RR Erlang with Francesco Cesarini

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02:45 - Francesco Cesarini Introduction

  • Twitter
  • GitHub
  • Erlang Solutions
  • Books:
    • Erlang Programming: A Concurrent Approach to Software Development by Francesco Cesarini and Simon Thompson
    • Larger Cover Erlang By Example by Francesco Cesarini and Simon Thompson
    • Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP: Implementing Robust, Fault-Tolerant Systems by Francesco Cesarini and Steve Vinoski

      • 03:08 - Erlang Programming Language

      • Multicore
        • [Stack Overflow] paralellel processing - Erlang on multicore CPU
        • History
          • Ericsson
          • Home of Erlang/OTP

            • 08:23 - Francesco and Erlang

            • Joe Armstrong
              • Blog

                • 10:49 - Building a Company Around a Language (Erlang Solutions)

                • Products:
                  • MongooseIM
                  • WombatOAM
                  • Riak NoSQL Database
                  • Events:
                    • Erlang User Conference
                    • Erlang Factory
                    • Code Mesh
                    • Projects:
                      • T-Mobile SMS Gateway
                      • Instant Messaging Gateway (2008-2009)
                      • Preemptive Support, Monitoring, Metrics & Alarming (WombatOAM)

                        • 16:00 - The Erlang Programming Language

                        • Avdi Grimm: In Which I Make You Hate Ruby in 7 Minutes
                          • Pharo by Example
                          • The Concurrency Model
                          • Debugging
                          • Live Code Upgrade
                            • Smalltalk
                            • The Elixir Programming Language
                            • OTP (Open Telecom Platform)

                              • 24:25 - Error Handling Semantics

                              • Actors and Supervisors
                              • The Client-Server Behavior
                              • The Event Handler
                              • Finite State Machines

                                • 30:23 - Getting Started with Erlang

                                • Resources:
                                  • Programming Erlang: Software for a Concurrent World by Joe Armstrong
                                  • Functional Programming with Erlang (Erlang MOOC)
                                  • Learn You Some Erlang
                                  • Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP: Implementing Robust, Fault-Tolerant Systems by Francesco Cesarini and Steve Vinoski
                                  • Erlang Programming: A Concurrent Approach to Software Development by Francesco Cesarini and Simon Thompson
                                  • Major Hurdles to Learning Erlang:
                                    • Understanding Tail Recursion and Pattern Matching
                                    • Concurrency
                                    • Error Handling

                                      • 34:23 - Elixir

                                      35:28 - Erlang and Polyglot Architecture

                                      • RabbitMQ

                                        • 37:01 - WombatOAM

                                        38:57 - Erlang Pros and Cons

                                        • Cons:
                                          • Number Crunching
                                          • Parallelism
                                          • Graphics, Web Development, and Frontends
                                          • Pros:
                                            • REST APIs
                                              • webmachine
                                              • cowboy

                                                • 40:44 - TDD (Test-Driven Development)

                                                • common_test
                                                • EUnit
                                                • QuickCheck
                                                  • mnesia
                                                  • Shrinking

                                                    • 46:10 - Languages/Technologies on the Horizon (for Francesco)

                                                    • Elixir
                                                    • Large-Scale Distributed Computing
                                                    • FlowForwarding
                                                      • [GitHub] FlowForwarding

                                                        • 48:21 - The Erlang Community

                                                        • The Erlang Mailing List
                                                        • Erlang Central

                                                          • 50:24 - Writing Apps with Erlang / IoT?

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