Functional Web Development with Elixir, OTP, and Phoenix

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• itbeho · Jun 26, 2021 · Recommends

  How to Win Friends and Influence People by Carnegie. Old but great for an introvert on the spectrum like me. Human nature doesn't change, but I still don't understand it. Functional Web Development with Elixir, OTP, and Phoenix: Rethink the Modern Web App by Lance Halvorsen Elixir and Phoenix have been fantastic for my productivity. I had a fairly short, but steep learning curve in the early days, but LiveView is amazing and replaces quite a bit of client…

  on “Ask HN: Which book or course gave you an unfair advantage?” ↗
• nesarkvechnep · Jun 20, 2025 · Recommends

  …If the author wishes to learn how to design services in Elixir, or any BEAM language, with OTP, they can take a look at "Designing Elixir Systems with OTP" by by James Edward Gray and Bruce Tate, and "Functional Web Development with Elixir, OTP, and Phoenix" by Lance Halvorsen.

  on “Show HN: I wrote a new BitTorrent tracker in Elixir” ↗
• bmitc · May 31, 2022 · Recommends

  …with Logo * Visual Modeling with Logo * Turtle Geometry: The Computer as a Medium for Exploring * Thinking as Computation: A First Course (uses Prolog to solve various problems in small projects) * Functional Web Development with Elixir, OTP, and Phoenix: Rethink the Modern Web App

  on “Ask HN: Books like “Crafting interpreters” or “The ray tracer challenge”?” ↗
• tortilla · Mar 19, 2018 · Recommends

  Just finished reading "Functional Web Development with Elixir, OTP, and Phoenix" and I really like it. It gave me a better understanding of GenServer/OTP: https://pragprog.com/book/lhelph/functional-web-development-...

  on “Building a chat app in 8 minutes with Phoenix” ↗
• karmajunkie · May 7, 2017 · Mentions

  …1) Dave Thomas' Programming Elixir 2) Sasa Juric (http://theerlangelist.com/) Elixir in Action (blog is also great) 3) Programming Phoenix (Jose Valim, Chris McCord, Bruce Tate) 4) Lance Halvorsen's Functional Web Development with Elixir, OTP, and Phoenix should probably be in there somewhere but I'm not sure where, as I haven't had a chance to read it yet. 5) Designing for Scalability with Erlang and OTP is a good followup when you're comfortable with…

  on “Ask HN: Looking for the best Phoenix/Elixir/Erlang Tutorials” ↗
• snake117 · Apr 4, 2018 · Mentions

  With respect to software I refer to Programming Elixir/Phoenix (although both Programming Elixir 1.6/Phoenix 1.4 should be released soon). I'm also going through Functional Web Development with Elixir, OTP, and Phoenix by Lance Halvorsen at the moment. Outside of software I have: - The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham - Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel - Screenplay:…

  on “Ask HN: What books do you keep on your desk?” ↗
• cwisecarver · Apr 15, 2017 · Mentions

  I'm working through a book on functional web development with Elixir, OTP, and Phoenix (search that string and you'll find it) and I started thinking about how this language and "platform" had come about. I'd like to know more. Any recommendations?

  on “Ask HN: Book recommendations about how Erlang and OTP were developed?” ↗
• dharamgollapudi · Sep 17, 2022 · Mentions

  …Elixir 2019 - $24.95 - Designing Elixir Systems with OTP 2018 - $27.95 - Programming Elixir 1.6 (Current version is 1.14) 2018 - $27.95 - Craft GraphQL APIs in Elixir with Absinthe 2018 - $26.95 - Functional Web Development with Elixir, OTP, and Phoenix 2018 - $24.95 - Learn Functional Programming with Elixir 2018 - $24.95 - Adopting Elixir 2015 - $11.00 - Metaprogramming Elixir 2014 - $27.95 - Seven More Languages in Seven Weeks

  on “Joy of Elixir (2020)” ↗