This is the third part of an exploration of the Elixir base libraries

Here is an introduction to what you get out of the box with iex:

Doing the same with :c gives the erlang modules

This is the second part of an exploration of the Elixir base libraries

Here is an introduction to what you get out of the box with iex:

Doing the same with :b gives the erlang modules

I recently found out how powerful the iex tool is for documentation.

This is the general form of getting detailed documentation:

This is the start of a long series about the modules that you get out of the box.

1> h Module.function_name/arity

This returns the documentation on this specific function in the specific module.

I also found that typing a capital letter and tab expands the known modules.

Here is an introduction to what you get out of the box with iex:

Translating Elixir/Erlang terms:

An application is equivalent of a windows DLL, something that you compose a system out of. A typical application would be a logging system.

Atoms are a non-garbage collected resource. They make convenient aliases to global things.

Doing the same with :a gives the erlang modules