Erlang Factory Lite Vancouver 2012: Managing processes without OTP
Erlang developers are exhorted to learn and use OTP. This often entails letting OTP manage your message queues with gen_server, gen_fsm, gen_event, et al. Sometimes you just have to get your hands dirty managing messages. In those cases, proc_lib and knowledge of the sys package will serve you better than raw erlang processes if the rest of your system uses OTP principles. Jay will show how to use the proc_lib services, some tricks for managing message queues, and how the sys library is used to tie your low-level process programming into the rest of the OTP tools. Slides: http://www.erlang-factory.com/upload/presentations/674/OTPProcs.pdf Video services graciously provided by http://thinkific.com
Erlang developers are exhorted to learn and use OTP. This often entails letting OTP manage your message queues with gen_server, gen_fsm, gen_event, et al. Sometimes you just have to get your hands dirty managing messages. In those cases, proc_lib and knowledge of the sys package will serve you better than raw erlang processes if the rest of your system uses OTP principles. Jay will show how to use the proc_lib services, some tricks for managing message queues, and how the sys library is used to tie your low-level process programming into the rest of the OTP tools. Slides: http://www.erlang-factory.com/upload/presentations/674/OTPProcs.pdf Video services graciously provided by http://thinkific.com