[erlang-questions] Training new Erlangers

[Paul Oliver]

For 3 I'd also recommend http://learnyousomeerlang.com/.  This gives the
best account of OTP I've seen in the wild.

On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Thomas Allen <thomas@REDACTED> wrote:

> On Sun, October 21, 2012 1:04 pm, Max Bourinov wrote:
> > For me the book "Erlang and OTP in Action" worked very well.
>
> I'm a book learner, and for me it's been a combination of resources and a
> roundabout path:
>
> 1. Essence: Programming Erlang (Armstrong) for a whirlwind tour of the
> language and its features. Get a good feel for the essence of Erlang even
> if I didn't understand quite how I'd use it yet.
>
> 2. Practice: Erlang/OTP in Action (Logan, Merritt, Carlsson): Oh, so
> *this* is how I use it. Not heavy on the details, but does a very good job
> of explaining the OTP mindset and practical approaches to working with the
> language and tools.
>
> 3. Expertise: Erlang Programming (Cesarini, Thompson): Fills in all the
> gaps with very thorough coverage of language and OTP features.
>
> 4. Art: Programming Erlang (again): Now this book makes a lot more sense,
> I can understand everything Armstrong was trying to demonstrate that I
> missed the first time around.
>
> So, I'd recommend access to all three books, and of course referring
> always to the Erlang/OTP documentation ... can't do without that. And
> finally, reading lots of Erlang code, which goes for any language.
>
> Erlang/OTP gives you so much, it's difficult to just "dive in" like you
> can for most languages. It's a full ecosystem and you're not just learning
> how to make a script run. So, I really don't think anybody should be
> surprised that it takes people a while to learn. It's not difficult to
> learn per se, there's just a great deal to learn (which of course pays
> off)!
>
> Thomas Allen
>
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