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Erlang code worth reading

10 points by kaeluka 15y ago

Hey, everyone. I'm just trying to learn some erlang, I'm working through Joe Armstrong's "Programming Erlang", which I like quite a lot, so far. BUT it would be nice to have some real world code to read as well. As I am not much more than a beginner in functional programming, this would benefit me greatly. So, my question is: what are noteworthy pieces of free erlang code on the internet? Does anyone have suggestions? thanks!

nemik 15y ago
Modifying the routing mechanisms (creating my own exchange type) on RabbitMQ was where I cut my teeth on Erlang years ago. RabbitMQ is a great example of how little Erlang code is needed to produce something reliable with immense functionality. Likewise the Mochiweb HTTP server is another great example. All the best, it's such a beautiful language/environment.
- kaeluka 15y ago
  Thanks, it really seems to be beautiful so far, I was expecting a not so beautiful and much more clumsy language. Don't know, how I ended up with this opinion. The erlang shell is very nice as well (but I know the concept from Lisp/clojure already)
evanlh 15y ago
I haven't done anything with Erlang in a while but perhaps these will help: ErlyWeb, a web server/framework: http://code.google.com/p/erlyweb/ http://code.google.com/p/erlyweb/ ejabberd, a chat server: http://www.ejabberd.im/ http://www.ejabberd.im/ MochiWeb, a library for building lightweight HTTP servers: https://github.com/mochi/mochiweb https://github.com/mochi/mochiweb CouchDB, a document oriented database: http://couchdb.apache.org/ http://couchdb.apache.org/ RabbitMQ, messaging middleware: http://www.rabbitmq.com/ http://www.rabbitmq.com/
- kaeluka 15y ago
  I am just checking out CouchDB - looks _awesome_ so far. LOTS of possibilities I didn't realize until now. The official book/documentation (even though it's slightly outdated) is free and recommended.
aonic 15y ago
I've been checking out Chicago Boss to get involved with Erlang on the web front. Chicago Boss is an open-source web framework inspired by Rails and written in Erlang. http://chicagoboss.org/projects/chicagoboss/wiki http://chicagoboss.org/projects/chicagoboss/wiki Looks like a nicely coded and laid out project.

10 points by kaeluka 15y ago

nemik 15y ago

Modifying the routing mechanisms (creating my own exchange type) on RabbitMQ was where I cut my teeth on Erlang years ago. RabbitMQ is a great example of how little Erlang code is needed to produce something reliable with immense functionality. Likewise the Mochiweb HTTP server is another great example. All the best, it's such a beautiful language/environment.

kaeluka 15y ago
Thanks, it really seems to be beautiful so far, I was expecting a not so beautiful and much more clumsy language. Don't know, how I ended up with this opinion. The erlang shell is very nice as well (but I know the concept from Lisp/clojure already)

evanlh 15y ago

I haven't done anything with Erlang in a while but perhaps these will help: ErlyWeb, a web server/framework: http://code.google.com/p/erlyweb/ http://code.google.com/p/erlyweb/ ejabberd, a chat server: http://www.ejabberd.im/ http://www.ejabberd.im/ MochiWeb, a library for building lightweight HTTP servers: https://github.com/mochi/mochiweb https://github.com/mochi/mochiweb CouchDB, a document oriented database: http://couchdb.apache.org/ http://couchdb.apache.org/ RabbitMQ, messaging middleware: http://www.rabbitmq.com/ http://www.rabbitmq.com/

kaeluka 15y ago
I am just checking out CouchDB - looks _awesome_ so far. LOTS of possibilities I didn't realize until now. The official book/documentation (even though it's slightly outdated) is free and recommended.

aonic 15y ago

I've been checking out Chicago Boss to get involved with Erlang on the web front. Chicago Boss is an open-source web framework inspired by Rails and written in Erlang. http://chicagoboss.org/projects/chicagoboss/wiki http://chicagoboss.org/projects/chicagoboss/wiki Looks like a nicely coded and laid out project.