Talks
Speakers
Events
Topics
Search
Sign in
Search
Home
Talks
Speakers
Events
Topics
Leaderboard
Use
Analytics
Sign in
search talks for
⏎
Suggest modification to this talk
Title
Description
A story of a Ruby programmer having to understand that learning Erlang is more than just syntax. Learn differences in paradigms, pitfalls and applied use cases for this incredibly powerful language. * Concurrency (Threading, Reactor pattern vs Erlang processes) * Stateful services * Non-blocking calls (e.g to an http service) * Inter-process communication * Inter-service communication * Event handling (e.g Active Support Notifications vs. gen_event) * Instrumentation and Reporting Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/FGfm/
Date
Summarized using AI?
If this talk's summary was generated by AI, please check this box. A "Summarized using AI" badge will be displayed in the summary tab to indicate that the summary was generated using AI.
Show "Summarized using AI" badge on summary page
Summary
Markdown supported
In the talk titled 'Web APIs with Erlang: A Ruby Developer's Point of View,' Patrick Huesler discusses the transition from Ruby to Erlang, focusing on how to develop web services using Erlang and integrate them with Ruby tools. Drawing parallels between learning Erlang and his experience learning to surf, Huesler emphasizes that understanding a new programming language involves more than just syntax. **Key Points Discussed:** - **Erlang Overview:** Erlang is a functional language based on mathematical functions, compiled to bytecode (BEAM files) executed on a virtual machine, with a focus on concurrency and fault tolerance. - **Concurrency Management:** Erlang’s actor model and message passing remove the issues of data corruption associated with shared data and simplify the management of CPU and I/O concurrency. - **Live Coding and Hot Code Swapping:** Erlang allows developers to make changes in production without shutting down the system, highlighting its robustness in real-world applications. - **User Session Management:** At MOG, the company Huesler works for, they tackled performance issues by managing user session data in Erlang instead of relying heavily on traditional databases, allowing for improved efficiency during high traffic. - **Development Tools:** Huesler discusses tools like Rebar for application setup and dependencies management, and illustrates building a simple web server while drawing comparisons to known Ruby frameworks. - **Testing in Erlang:** He mentions the standard testing framework, 'Unit', and integration testing with HTTP requests, alongside the challenges faced with stack traces and error management in dependencies. - **Deployment on Heroku:** He explains how Heroku simplifies deploying Erlang applications, allowing developers to focus on coding without worrying about infrastructure complications. **Conclusions and Takeaways:** - Huesler encourages Ruby developers to explore Erlang, highlighting that it provides valuable lessons in concurrency patterns and design principles. - Erlang’s architecture reinforces the development of reliable, fault-tolerant distributed systems, making it a powerful tool in backend development. This talk from Aloha RubyConf 2012 serves as an informative introduction to Erlang for Ruby developers, focusing on practical integration and the value of understanding different programming paradigms.
Suggest modifications
Cancel
