Introduction to the Worker Layer
Explore the worker layer in Elixir to understand how it manages concurrency, reliability, and scalability outside standard OTP lifecycle policies. Learn to use various worker constructs such as tasks and connection pools, and apply these concepts by building a scheduled quiz feature with OTP GenServers.
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At last, we’ve come to the “W” in the sentence “Do fun things with big, loud worker-bees”. “W” stands for workers. A worker is process machinery that lets us divide labor for any of the following:
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Reliability
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Performance
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Scalability
The figure below tells the ...