Building Web Applications with Erlang: Working with REST and Web Sockets on Yaws

by Zachary Kessin

Why choose Erlang for web applications? Discover the answer hands-on by building a simple web service with this book. If you’re an experienced web developer who knows basic Erlang, you’ll learn how to work with REST, dynamic content, web sockets, and concurrency through several examples. In the process, you’ll see first-hand that Erlang is ideal for building business-critical services. Erlang was designed for fault-tolerant, non-stop telecom systems, and building applications with it requires a large set of skills. By the end of the book, you’ll have the information you need to build a basic web service and get it running.

Genres: Programming, Technology, Web

152 pages, Paperback

First published November 30, 2011

Reviews

[Gert · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad. A couple of helpful tips, good practical examples.

[Arbaaz · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not a good book for starters.