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Edition · 2016-02-01 · Softcover

Metaprogramming Elixir

CMChris McCord
2016
year of publication
120
pages
English (United States)
language
Softcover
cover
Publisher
The Pragmatic Programmers
ISBN-13
978-16-8050-041-7
EAN
9781680500417
Publication date
2016-02-01
Book
Metaprogramming Elixir · 1 edition
The publisher on this edition

Write code that writes code with Elixir macros. Macros make metaprogramming possible and define the language itself. In this book, you'll learn how to use macros to extend the language with fast, maintainable code and share functionality in ways you never thought possible. You'll discover how to extend Elixir with your own first-class features, optimize performance, and create domain-specific languages. Metaprogramming is one of Elixir's greatest features. Maybe you've played with the basics or written a few macros. Now you want to take it to the next level. This book is a guided series of metaprogramming tutorials that take you step by step to metaprogramming mastery. You'll extend Elixir with powerful features and write faster, more maintainable programs in ways unmatched by other languages. You'll start with the basics of Elixir's metaprogramming system and find out how macros interact with Elixir's abstract