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Functional Programming using Elixir - The Complete Course

If you want to learn the functional programming, but dont know where to begin then we have the perfect course for you. Meet Elixir, a functional, concurrent language based on the strong Erlang virtual...

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Course Description

If you want to learn the functional programming, but dont know where to begin then we have the perfect course for you. Meet Elixir, a functional, concurrent language based on the strong Erlang virtual machine (VM). Elixir have grown significantly in popularity over the past couple of years, and has often used by the developers looking for high concurrency solutions. Applauded as the worlds most...

If you want to learn the functional programming, but dont know where to begin then we have the perfect course for you. Meet Elixir, a functional, concurrent language based on the strong Erlang virtual machine (VM). Elixir have grown significantly in popularity over the past couple of years, and has often used by the developers looking for high concurrency solutions. Applauded as the worlds most prominent and flexible general programming language, Elixir has won many hearts worldwide. Elixir is a functional programming language and at its heart are of course functions. Elixir has developed rapidly to end up the standard language for programming framework and designed for building scalable and maintainable applications. In order to propel your abilities and learn Elixir from scratch we have created an easy to use course for you. We expect you have no information of Elixir and you will learn everything here from scratch. Ranging from the fundamental concepts to more advanced ones, we have covered it all.

What you’ll learn
  • Basics of functional programming
  • Elixir Basics
  • How to work with processes, node, tasks, agents
  • How to work with GenServer, applications, and supervisions
  • Introduction to Mix tools
  • Metaprogramming in Elixir

Covering Topics

1
Section 1 : Introduction
2
Section 2 : Elixir Basics
3
Section 3 : Iterations
4
Section 4 : Control Flow & Error Handling
5
Section 5 : Processes
6
Section 6 : Genserver
7
Section 7 : Applications and Mix Tool
8
Section 8 : Fault Tolerance
9
Section 9 : Distribution, Tasks and Agents
10
Section 10 : Metaprogramming
11
Section 11 : Conclusion

Curriculum

      Section 1 : Introduction
1
Introduction Preview
2
About The Course
3
Erlang and Elixir
4
Functional Programming and You
      Section 2 : Elixir Basics
5
Variables and Pattern Matching Preview
6
Built in Data Types
7
Built in Data Types Part 2
8
Modules and Functions Preview
9
Function Arity and Guard Clauses
10
Lamdba Function
      Section 3 : Iterations
11
Understand Recursion to Understand Recursion Preview
12
A Bit More Complex Recursion Example
13
Tail Calls
14
Built in Functions
15
Streams
16
Strearming Files
17
Comprehensions
      Section 4 : Control Flow & Error Handling
18
Conditional Logic
19
Handle Thy Exceptions!
      Section 5 : Processes
20
Importance of Processes & Concurrency
21
Spawning Processes
22
Make Your Processes Communicate!
23
Linking and Monitoring Processes
24
Long Running Procesess
25
Long Running Procesess Part 2
      Section 6 : Genserver
26
Gen server - What Is It
27
Responding to Requests
28
Refactoring With Genserver
29
Refactoring With Genserver Part 2
      Section 7 : Applications and Mix Tool
30
Using Mix to Create New Applications
31
Adding Third Party Packages
32
Making Executables Using EScript
33
Application Confing
      Section 8 : Fault Tolerance
34
Introduction to Supervisiors
35
Elixir Term Storage
36
Persisting State With ETS
37
Persisting State With ETS Part 2
      Section 9 : Distribution, Tasks and Agents
38
Distributing With Nodes
39
Tasks and Agents
      Section 10 : Metaprogramming
40
Quoted Expressions
41
Unquoting the Code and Bindings
42
Protocols
      Section 11 : Conclusion
43
Wrapping Up and Final Thoughta

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