Mastering the Art of Programming in Elixir

Naming a Process

Explore how to assign unique local names to processes in Elixir's OTP framework to simplify referencing and managing server processes without relying on PIDs.

We'll cover the following...

Assign a name

1.Getting Started

2.Pattern Matching

3.Immutability

4.Elixir Basics

5.Anonymous Functions

6.Modules and Named Functions

7.Lists and Recursion

8.Maps, Keyword Lists, Sets, and Structs

9.Processing Collections: Enum and Stream

10.Strings and Binaries

11.Control Flow

12.Organizing a Project

13.Tooling

14.Working with Multiple Processes

15.Nodes—The Key to Distributing Services

16.OTP: Servers

17.OTP: Supervisors

18.A More Complex Example

19.OTP: Applications

20.Tasks and Agents

21.Macros and Code Evaluation

22.Linking Modules: Behaviours and use

23.Protocols—Polymorphic Functions

24.More Cool Stuff

25.Appendix

Naming a Process