Metaprogramming in Elixir

INTERACTIVE COURSE

Metaprogramming in Elixir

Intermediate

51 Lessons

9h 10min

Certificate of Completion

Metaprogramming in Elixir

1 Project

57 Playgrounds

6 Quizzes

70 Illustrations

Takeaway Skills

Understand the basic concepts of metaprogramming in Elixir

Learn about macros and the abstract syntax tree

Create an HTML Domain-Specific Language

Learn to properly test meta-programming based code

Course Overview

Get introduced to the concept of metaprogramming. Learn how to level up your programming skills by discovering the full potential of the macro system in Elixir. Understand the ins and outs of metaprogramming at a fundamental level and write incredible libraries by doing more with less code.

Course Content

1

Introduction

Getting Started

Course Overview

2

The Language of Macros

Introduction to Metaprogramming Tying AST and Macros Together

The Abstract Syntax Tree Macros: The Building Blocks Code Injection and the Caller’s Context Try It Out Try It Out: Solution Test Your Knowledge!

3

Extending Elixir with Metaprogramming

Custom Language Constructs Smarter Testing with Macros Leveraging the Virtual Machine’s Pattern Matching Engine Extending Modules Using Module Attributes for Code Generation Compile-Time Hooks Try It Out Try It Out: Solution Test Your Knowledge!

4

Advanced Compile-Time Code Generation

Generating Functions from External data MIME-Type Conversion Building an Internationalization Library Finalize Building Our Internationalization Library The Complete Translator Module Introduction to Macro.escape Code Generation from Remote APIs Try It Out Try It Out: Solution Test Your Knowledge!

Code Generation from Git API

Project

5

How to Test Macros

Setting Up Your Test Suite Deciding What to Test Integration Testing Unit Tests Test Simple and Test Fast Test Your Knowledge!

6

Create an HTML Domain-Specific Language

10 Lessons

7

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility (and Fun!)

6 Lessons

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