Erlang Programming, In 8 Hours, For Beginners, Quick Start Guide: Erlang Language Crash Course Textbook & Exercises

by Ray Yao, Pandas C. Perl (Illustrator), Dart R. Swift (Editor)

About This Book
"Erlang in 8 Hours" is a textbook for high school and college students; it covers all essential Erlang language knowledge . You can learn complete primary skills of Erlang programming fast and easily .
The textbook includes a lot of practical examples for beginners and includes exercises for the college final exam, the engineer certification exam, and the job interview exam .
"Erlang in 8 Hours" is a useful textbook for beginners . The straightforward definitions, the plain examples, the elaborate explanations and the neat layout feature this helpful and educative book . You will be impressed by its distinctive and tidy writing style . Reading this book is a great enjoyment !

Note
This book is only suitable for Erlang programming beginners, high school students and college students; it is not for the experienced Erlang programmers .

Source Code Available
This book provides source code for reference; you can reference the source code for better study, or copy the source code to your favorite editor to test the programs.




Table of Contents

Hour 1
What is Erlang Language?
Install Erlang
Setup Environment Variables
Erlang Shell
Ending Symbol
Give up Commands
Summary

Hour 2
Halt the Erlang Shell
Define a Variable
Show Binding
Remove Binding
Remove Specified Binding
History of Commands
Hello World Program
Run "Hello World" Program
Comment
Hyphen Symbol
Summary

Hour 3
Module Declaration
Example

Module Compiling
Module Attribute
Import Attribute
Export Attribute
Output Command
Erlang Keywords
Escape Sequences
Data Type
Output Format
Summary

Hour 4
Output Format Example
Variable
Number Type
Atom Type
Atom Example
Boolean Type
List Type
List Example
Modify Fist Element
Tuple Type
Tuple Example
Summary

Hour 5
Map Type
Map Example
Bitwise Operators
Bitwise Operations Chart
Arithmetical Operators
Comparison Operators
Logical Operators
String
Summary

Hour 6
Function
Anonymous Function
Function Overloading
Guard Statement
Recursive Function
Recursive Function Example
Built in Functions
Checking Function
String Functions
"len()" & "concat()"
Summary

Hour 7
"str()" & substr()
"tokens()" & "join()"
"words()" & "sub_word"
"strip()" & "sub_string()"
"left()" & "right()"
"to_lower()" & "to_upper()"
While Loop Statement
For Loop Statement
If Statement
Summary

Hour 8
If Statement Example
If More Conditions
Nested If Statements
Case Statement
Case Statement Example
Get Days of Month
Summary

Erlang Q & A
Questions
Answers

128 pages, Paperback

Published February 27, 2022