LFE MACHINE MANUAL
Title Page
Copyright
Preface
About the Cover
Dedication
Forward
Acknowledgments
1.
Part I - Getting Started
❱
1.1.
Introduction
1.2.
WIP - About LFE
1.3.
Prerequisites
1.4.
Conventions
1.5.
Development Setup
1.6.
'Hello, World!'
❱
1.6.1.
Classic, REPL
1.6.2.
Classic, main
1.6.3.
LFE/OTP
1.7.
Walk-through: An LFE Guessing Game
❱
1.7.1.
Planning the Game
1.7.2.
Code Explore
❱
1.7.2.1.
Getting User Input
1.7.2.2.
Checking the Input
1.7.3.
Integrating into an Application
❱
1.7.3.1.
handle_cast
1.7.3.2.
Game API
1.7.3.3.
Finishing Touches
1.7.3.4.
Playing the Game
1.7.4.
WIP - Review
1.8.
The LFE REPL
❱
1.8.1.
Core Features
1.8.2.
Starting LFE
1.8.3.
WIP - readline Support
1.8.4.
(help)
❱
1.8.4.1.
REPL Functions
1.8.4.2.
REPL Commands
1.8.4.3.
Special Variables
1.8.5.
Command Interface
1.8.6.
WIP - Job Control
1.8.7.
Files
2.
Part II - Code as Data
❱
2.1.
Variables
❱
2.1.1.
Bindings
2.1.2.
Pattern-matching Preview
2.1.3.
Globals Revisted
2.2.
Primitive Types
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2.2.1.
Integers
2.2.2.
Floats
2.2.3.
Atoms (Symbols)
2.2.4.
Booleans
2.2.5.
Characters
2.3.
Cons Cells
2.4.
Lists and Strings
2.5.
Bytes and Binaries
2.6.
Tuples
2.7.
Property Lists
2.8.
Maps
2.9.
Arrays
2.10.
Dicts
2.11.
Records
2.12.
Pattern Matching
2.13.
Generic Sequence Functions
3.
Part III - Data as Code
❱
3.1.
Expressions
3.2.
Functions
3.3.
Closures
3.4.
Evaluation
3.5.
Expressions
3.6.
Processes
3.7.
Messages and Their Passing
3.8.
Objects and Flavors
3.9.
I/O
3.10.
Accessing Files
3.11.
Modules
3.12.
Packages
3.13.
Scripting with LFE
3.14.
Creating LFE Projects
❱
3.14.1.
Using rebar3
3.14.2.
Project Layout Conventions
4.
Part IV - Advanced Topics
❱
4.1.
Errors and Debugging
4.2.
Writing Unit Tests
4.3.
The Common Test Framework
4.4.
The Propr Test Framework
4.5.
The Compiler
4.6.
Macros
4.7.
Distributed LFE
4.8.
Ports and Port Drivers
4.9.
Servers
4.10.
Clients
5.
Part V - OTP
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5.1.
Behaviours
5.2.
Applications
5.3.
Releases
5.4.
Tables and Databases
5.5.
Example OTP Project
6.
Part VI - Conclusion
❱
6.1.
Epilogue
6.2.
Afterword
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Appendices
I - Origins Of Lisp
II - Origins Of Erlang
III - Origins Of LFE
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