NOTE: You are viewing details about a past event.
View our upcoming event schedule here ».
Kevin Smith
Author of Erlang In Practice
Kevin Smith has, at various times, been a network administrator, DBA, developer, team lead and trainer over his 14 year career. He first learned about Erlang in 2006 via Joe Armstrong's excellent "Programming Erlang" and has never looked back. Kevin is the founder of Hypothetical Labs, a consultancy focused on Erlang training and development.
Presentations
Introduction to Erlang
Spend an hour learn about Erlang -- a functional programming language designed for demanding multi-threaded environments. You'll get an introduction to the language including syntax and major concepts. You'll also learn which companies and projects are using Erlang today and the kinds of problems they're solving with Erlang.
tbd
Erlang For The Practicing Programmer
Learn how to use Erlang in a practical setting. This talk will cover building and deploying a simple, but complete, web application using Erlang. The talk will illustrate how to use the OTP framework to write robust servers and how to leverage third party libraries, like Mochiweb, to make developing for the web easier.
tbd
