Nothing to fear – it’s just Erlang. Let’s build an application

The workshop is intended for people who would like to experience the Erlang journey and are already skilled in another programming language. The participants will get to build their very own Erlang/OTP app that works as a simple TCP/HTTP server. This will provide an opportunity to get familiar with the basic concepts related to Erlang (Supervisors, Application) and tools supporting good programming practices (TDD, Code Coverage). We will also cover the techniques necessary for building Erlang/OTP projects. Required hardware/software:

• a computer with Linux OS (you can bring a Windows machine but it won't be supported)

- Virtualbox or any kind of virtualisation is OK

• installed Erlang/OTP version 19.x (there won't be time to install it during the workshop)

- you can use the Erlang Solutions packages: https://www.erlang-solutions.com/resources/download.html - or build from sources (https://github.com/erlang/otp or https://github.com/yrashk/kerl)

• having a local copy of the documentation may be useful as well: (https://www.erlang.org/downloads or installed with kerl)
• installed Git SCM
• installed/downloaded rebar3 - Erlang bulid tool (https://www.rebar3.org/)
• source code editor

Required skills:

• starting Erlang shell
• creating an app template using rebar3 (https://www.rebar3.org/docs/basic-usage)
• programming skills in any other language
• compiling the app template using rebar3

Before coming to the workshop make sure you've satisfied the above requirements as we won't spend time on these issues.