From f9a0fece2a4abaac8403cd5f7d57a58aa6053274 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julio Biason Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2020 12:30:56 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Book review: Introducing Erlang --- content/reviews/books/introducing-erlang.md | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/reviews/books/introducing-erlang.md diff --git a/content/reviews/books/introducing-erlang.md b/content/reviews/books/introducing-erlang.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c2c7dac --- /dev/null +++ b/content/reviews/books/introducing-erlang.md @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ ++++ +title = "Introducing Erlang: Getting Started in Functional Programming - Simon St. Laurent" +date = 2020-08-05 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["books", "reviews", "simon st laurent", "erlang", "it", +"2020 challenge", "2 stars"] ++++ + +[GoodReads Summary](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15811999-introducing-erlang): +If you’re new to Erlang, its functional style can seem difficult, but with +help from this hands-on introduction, you’ll scale the learning curve and +discover how enjoyable, powerful, and fun this language can be. + + + +{{ stars(stars=2) }} + +Again, an "Introducing" book that one shouldn't expect some deep explanations, +but heck, this felt shallower than [Introducing +Elixir](@/reviews/books/introducing-elixir.md). + +It follows the same path of the "Introducing Elixir" (or maybe it is the other +way around, but hey, that's the order I read both), by creating a "what speed +will something crash if dropped in different planets" library and exploring +changes. + +But the biggest drawback is that the book sticks too much into the Erlang +Shell and absolutely nothing (besides "here is one thing you can search for") +outside it. I mean, sure, the language may be nice and fun and all that, but +what's the point if the build tool is a pain and dependency resolution is +inexistent -- and I'm not saying Erlang suffers from that, 'cause as a +learning path, the book says _nothing_ about those things. + +For seeing how the language looks like, it's a good book. For something more +_real_... far away from it.