Exclusive - Get even more Elixir inspiration: Get a complimentary free ticket to Code BEAM V when you purchase your Elixir for Beginners online training. To learn more about Code BEAM V, the biggest virtual BEAM users conference click here.

Elixir was Stack Overflow’s most loved, most in-demand and best paid programming language in 2019. Elixir has many real-world uses that are attracting those in the know to add the language to their skill set. This three-day online training is the ideal way to learn the key concepts that will set you on your Elixir programming journey. Along with learning the key concepts of the language, you will discover the essential role of concurrency for BEAM.

EXPERTISE

Beginner

COURSE DURATION

3 days

TARGET AUDIENCE

Software Developers and Engineers without prior experience in Elixir.

PREREQUISITES

• Good programming skills in another language such as Java, Perl, Python, node.js, or Ruby
• Familiarity with server-side software development helpful

OBJECTIVES

• Basic/Sequential/Concurrent Elixir
• Parallel programming
• Building, Documenting and Testing Systems using Mix

COVERS THE FOLLOWING TOPICS

• Background Erlang/Elixir
• Sequential Elixir
• Unit Testing
• Concurrent Elixir
• Process Design Patterns
• Process Error Handling
• Funs and High-order functions
• Data structures (Maps, Structs, Binaries, Protocols)
• Distributed programming
• Code updating

WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND THIS COURSE

• Helps you get over the hurdle of efficiently understanding the concepts behind Elixir
• Gets you thinking concurrently about your application
• Gives you all of the knowledge you need to dive deeper in advanced subjects
• Stops you from doing the typical beginner errors
• Gets you up to speed with the development workflow

YOUR TRAINER

ROBERT VIRDING

CO-CREATOR OF ERLANG, TRAINER

Robert is Principal Language Expert at Erlang Solutions Ltd. While at Ericsson AB, Robert was one of the original members of the Ericsson Computer Science Lab, and co-inventor of the Erlang language. He took part in the original system design and contributed much of the original libraries, as well as to the current compiler. While at the lab he also did a lot of work on the implementation of logic and functional languages and on garbage collection. He has also worked as an entrepreneur and was one of the co-founders of one of the first Erlang startups (Bluetail). Robert also worked a number of years at the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) Modelling and Simulations Group. He co-authored the first book (Prentice-Hall) on Erlang, and is regularly invited to teach and present throughout the world. Robert has taught courses world-wide, focusing on the rationale of Erlang. By explaining why they took the design decisions they did, he shows his students how.