Advanced Erlang Training Overview
This OTP for Erlang Programmers training course teaches attendees how to use the Open Telecom Platform, a core set of middleware, libraries, and tools used to design and architect Erlang systems.
Location and Pricing
This course is taught as a private, in-person class for teams of 3 or more. All our courses are hands-on, instructor-led, and tailored to fit your group’s goals and needs. To receive a customized proposal and price quote for in-person corporate training, please contact us.
In addition, some courses are available as live, instructor-led training from one of our partners.
Objectives
- The design principles of OTP
- OTP behaviors
- OTP system configuration
- Available OTP applications
Prerequisites
All students should be intermediate developers in Erlang, preferably with at least three months of practical experience. Attendees would ideally already know about Erlang Term Storage, concurrent Erlang, error handling, and maps and records.
Outline
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Introduction
- Erlang
- OTP Components
- System Design Principles
- Applications and Libraries
Behaviors
- Design Principles
- Behaviors
- A Server Example
Generic Servers
- Generic Servers
- Starting a Server
- Message Passing
- Termination
- Other Messages
- Timeouts
- Other Issues
State Machines
- Finite-State Machines
- Generic State machines
- State function mode
- Event function mode
- Other messages
- Termination
- State enter calls
- Postponing events
- Time-outs
Supervisors
- Supervisors
- Supervisor Example
- Generic Supervisors
- Dynamic Children
- Non OTP-compliant Processes
Event Handlers
- Events
- Event Handlers
- Adding Handlers
- Sending Events
- Swapping Handlers
- Deleting Handlers
- Event Handler Example
Applications
- Applications
- Starting Applications
- Stopping Applications
- Application Files
- Distributed Applications
- Observer Applications
System Architecture Support Libraries
- SASL Application
- Error Logging
- Report Browser
- Alarm Handler
System Principles
- Releases
- Release Directory Structure
- Release Resource Files
- Creating a Release
- Starting a Release
- Erlang Directives
Conclusion
Training Materials
All Erlang training students receive comprehensive courseware.
Software Requirements
A complete, remote virtual environment is provided for training and is accessible via the Internet from any modern web browser.
