<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><P>The biggest problem that I am running into is that my Unix sys admin experience 10+ years ago doesn't help much. Using Git, Rebar, and even make is a steep hill for me to travel. I've been through numerous tutorials and documentation and there is this massive body of knowledge that I just don't have, or these tutorials just assume you know. </P>
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<P>I get Erlang. That's the easy part. It's just the underlying development structure and environment that gets in my way.<BR><BR>Is there a real 101 that can give me a leg up? Really basic questions like:</P>
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<P>How do I get Erlang from github? Where do I put it once I get it? How does rebar fit into this picture? What does a development cycle look like using these tools?</P>
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<P>Really Really basic stuff.</P>
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<P>--Peter</P>
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<P><B>From: </B>"Garrett Smith" <g@rre.tt><BR><B>To: </B>"Isaac Sanders" <isaacbfsanders@gmail.com><BR><B>Cc: </B>erlang-questions@erlang.org<BR><B>Sent: </B>Monday, July 11, 2011 12:59:09 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Re: [erlang-questions] Ways to get started<BR><BR>On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 7:18 AM, Isaac Sanders <isaacbfsanders@gmail.com> wrote:<BR>> Hello all! I am a rubyist looking for more information on erlang, and I was<BR>> hoping to find some resources... If you would be so kind as to let me know<BR>> any that have helped you.<BR><BR>In addition to the books and the online resources mentioned...<BR><BR>I find it helps to pick a project that you'd be comfortable solving in<BR>another language, then tackle it in Erlang. Solve mini problems as you<BR>go. Ask questions here.<BR><BR>I find http://erldocs.com/ helpful as a reference.<BR><BR>Garrett<BR><BR>P.S. Come to think of it, I don't know if<BR>http://www.erlang.org/doc.html was mentioned. None of the books are a<BR>substitute for that.<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>erlang-questions mailing list<BR>erlang-questions@erlang.org<BR>http://erlang.org/mailman/listinfo/erlang-questions<BR></P></div></body></html>