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And below we cite the latest reviews of the 'Erlang Programming':
Mini-Review - Erlang Programming
By Dirceu Pereira Tiegs (Criciúma, Brazil)
Erlang Programming is probably the best book I’ve ever read about a programming language, and is worth reading even if you don’t plan to use Erlang.
A Cause for Celebration!
By Alan McKean "biblioholic" (Portland, OR United States)
What a great book! I have been gobbling up everything that I can related to Erlang in the last several months (forums, books by Joe Armstrong (4 stars), Martin Logan (4 stars) and now, the best of all ... Francesco and Simon's 'Erlang Programming'. It presents a broad view of much that Erlang has to offer in a way that is very accessible to newcomers. They systematically present what you need to get started in the first three chapters, then explain the concurrency model and the three process design patterns in the next two chapters. The next few chapters of the book dive into the details of various features of the language: records, specialized data types, persistence options. Then you are ready for OTP: the Open Telecom Platform. This is where Erlang really shines and they describe it clearly and concisely. The latter chapters cover various language libraries and features: sockets, the Mnesia database, interfacing with C and Java (elegant!), and the finer points of debugging, tracing, testing, documenting and deploying your application.
By all means, get all three books: 'Programming Erlang' (Pragmatic) by Joe Armstrong, 'Erlang and OTP in Action' (Manning) by Martin Logan et. al., and this book by Francesco and Simon. But if you choose to buy only one, I do not hesitate to recommend this one. But do yourself a favor and get all three. Each one offers a different perspective.
Erlang,
By sailingareus (Sweden)
Excellent book for beginners learning erlang for the first time. It is easy to understand and follow.
Erlang Book Review
By Giovanni Giorgi
'Erlang Progamming' is a very dense and compact book. It give you a very deep overview on Erlang, and has plenty of examples.
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And below we cite the latest reviews of the 'Erlang Programming':
Mini-Review - Erlang Programming
By Dirceu Pereira Tiegs (Criciúma, Brazil)
Erlang Programming is probably the best book I’ve ever read about a programming language, and is worth reading even if you don’t plan to use Erlang.
A Cause for Celebration!
By Alan McKean "biblioholic" (Portland, OR United States)
What a great book! I have been gobbling up everything that I can related to Erlang in the last several months (forums, books by Joe Armstrong (4 stars), Martin Logan (4 stars) and now, the best of all ... Francesco and Simon's 'Erlang Programming'. It presents a broad view of much that Erlang has to offer in a way that is very accessible to newcomers. They systematically present what you need to get started in the first three chapters, then explain the concurrency model and the three process design patterns in the next two chapters. The next few chapters of the book dive into the details of various features of the language: records, specialized data types, persistence options. Then you are ready for OTP: the Open Telecom Platform. This is where Erlang really shines and they describe it clearly and concisely. The latter chapters cover various language libraries and features: sockets, the Mnesia database, interfacing with C and Java (elegant!), and the finer points of debugging, tracing, testing, documenting and deploying your application.
By all means, get all three books: 'Programming Erlang' (Pragmatic) by Joe Armstrong, 'Erlang and OTP in Action' (Manning) by Martin Logan et. al., and this book by Francesco and Simon. But if you choose to buy only one, I do not hesitate to recommend this one. But do yourself a favor and get all three. Each one offers a different perspective.
Erlang,
By sailingareus (Sweden)
Excellent book for beginners learning erlang for the first time. It is easy to understand and follow.
Erlang Book Review
By Giovanni Giorgi
'Erlang Progamming' is a very dense and compact book. It give you a very deep overview on Erlang, and has plenty of examples.