• Author:
  • Sheehy, Justin
  • Smith, Kevin
• Subject:
  Computer Programming / Software Development
• Published by:
  John Wiley & Sons (UK)
• Published:
  09/07/2010
• Price:
  $87.99
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Erlang has many qualities that make it a perfect candidate for developing websites and services. This book, Erlang Web Application Development: Problem-Design-Solution demonstrates those qualities and gives you the tools and know-how to create scalable, robust web applications and services.

Through the well-grounded Problem-Design-Solution writing model, this book sweeps through a modern web application from start to finish without leaving anything uncovered. The practices covered can be directly applied to most any application structure that demands the reliability and stability that users have come to expect and demand.

The project that is the focus of the book is Satchel, an open-source team workspace management web service. Through Satchel teams and individuals can organize information, events and tasks in a well-structured and efficient environment. It utilizes modern technologies like CouchDB and Amazon's S3 service to create a scalable and reliable web service that can be expanded and grown.