Adrian's Reviews > Elixir in Action

** spoiler alert ** So i have read almost all published Erlang reosurces ,and, since i wanted to get a hold on Elixir i started with this one.

I found the first 25% of the book really clean cut , concise , sharp. Author does outstanding job presenting the language features , and goes deep enough to give you a bird's eye view of Elixir.
He also does a really cool job , including elixir manual links for the programming features that deserve a deeper dive !! +10 for that man !

Now for a starter the next 25% of the book is also great , since he introduces the OTP mechanisms (genserver, supervisor, app) , explains them in a simple manner , yet again with another big plus - he includes images ! Those are so damn good for conceptualization.

I knew most.of that stuff so i got a little bored and i thurdged fast through the pages.

Next part he goes all.the way to build a HTTP distributed system which i sincerely applaud ! Seeing the system go from Erlang primitives to a full blown http app running over a cluster is a damn fine job !

However i already read something like this in Erlang in Action , so again i passed through a bit faster.

What i really really loved in this book was the final part ! The release part , the way you build, deploy, monitor and interact with a running erlang system.
That part is golden and comes from a guy that spent days on forums, erlang man and slack channels trying to understand the black arts behind the release process...and this guy in 2 pages explains and provides simple scenarios on how to do exactly this 100 clearer than all materials i've read. Marvellous !

Great fine and polished book ! I recommend it wholeheartedly to anyone interested in the Erlang/Elixir !