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Build It With Nitrogen: The Fast-Off-the-Block Erlang Web Framework
Build It with Nitrogen: the Fast Off the Block Erlang Web Framework, guides web developers step-by-step through construction of highly reliable web applications.
Nitrogen is designed for no-fuss development. It abstracts HTML and JavaScript into syntactically consistent elements and actions; preserves the scalability benefits of Erlang.
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Web development has never been more challenging. The Internet is intensely competitive and treacherous. Site malfunction and downtime are unacceptable. Clients demand ever more features with ever tighter deadlines. Popular sites must scale to handle unpredictable traffic spikes.
Build It with Nitrogen: the Fast Off the Block Erlang Web Framework addresses these issues and more. It assumes minimal Linux or JavaScript skills. The easy to-read book guides the reader through seven hands-on projects. Each project builds on the last toward high-level competency. Readers learn Erlang as they go. "Nitrogen simplifies development of web applications, making simple things easy and difficult things manageable," says Zotonic CMS creator Marc Worrell.
"This book is ambitious," says Nitrogen creator Rusty Klophaus, "It covers not only Nitrogen and Erlang, but also a bit of OTP, databases, git, web design, and software engineering best practices. And somehow, it does this well by building up from simple concepts in a sort of 'Socratic dialogue'---if Socrates had a 'California surfer' sense of humor."
Nitrogen Project Homepage: nitrogenproject.com
Nitrogen on Github: github.com/nitrogen/nitrogen
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Lloyd Prentice
Lloyd has an MA degree from Stanford University in Public Affairs Communication. His career spans corporate communication, academia, magazine publishing, and educational software development. His works include Aya Takeo, a three-volume manga for young adults; two novels, Freein' Pancho and The Gospel of Ashes; a technical programming book, Build It with Nitrogen: the Fast Off the Block Web Framework; and more than 25 educational computer software products for major publishers.
Lloyd lives in a mixed eastern white pine and northern red oak forest four miles from the Atlantic Ocean in a town noted for saltwater marshes. He spends winter months in a small coastal village on the Gulf of California side of Baja California Sur, Mexico. He hopes that forests, oceans, marshes, and the scenic vistas of Baja provide future generations with as much joy as they give him
Jesse Gumm
Jesse Gumm is an entrepreneur specializing in web application development. His most recent endeavor, BracketPal.com, a beach volleyball league and tournament management system was recently acquired by SportsEngine, Inc. where he now works full-time. In open source, he’s the project leader of the Nitrogen Web Framework for Erlang and its core dependencies SimpleBridge, Canister, NitroCache, and nprocreg, and he has a hand in a number of other Erlang projects: qdate (date and timezone management), sync (automatic compilation), and ChicagoBoss (MVC web framework).
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This book is exactly what I wish existed when I started with Nitrogen and Erlang for the web. Takes you by the hand and explains Erlang, Nitrogen, databases and much more. Everything comes together to make your own fast dynamic web site. Erlang and the web are a match made in heaven.
Marc Worrellcreator, Zotonic CMS...love it. 'Love it' is probably an understatement.
Francesco CesariniErlang SolutionsNitrogen simplifies development of web applications, making simple things easy and difficult things manageable. This book does the same. Projects present Nitrogen concepts and features in an iterative workflow that matches the way developers work. Developers will appreciate its many examples, its streamlined presentation, and numerous references to related material.
Steve VinoskiYaws maintainer...a delightful and informative book that delivers the promise of the real-time web, combining colorful examples with battle-tested Erlang technology.
Evan Millercreator, Chicago BossAn endless stream of real-world code samples on how to develop solid Erlang web applications with the Nitrogen framework. A real pleasure to read.
Frank MüllerErlang programmerI felt like the hero in an adventure story joining the characters and facing the challenges as a team. The fact that I learned about Nitrogen and web security was almost an after thought. I even learned how to extend Nitrogen with plugins! Serious learning wrapped in a fresh, fun package that kept me reading to the end.
Alain O’DeaInfrastructure and Security Manager, Sequence Bio...goes into great detail about Nitrogen and Erlang/OTP. Examples are simple yet functional with fictional dialogues bringing humor along the way. Nitrogen seems to be good for writing highly interactive Web applications entirely controlled from the server-side.
Loïc Hoguincreator, Cowboy webserverVery fun book. Too many programming books are dry. Yours is just a joy to read.
Alex Popov Jr.
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