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Programming Elixir 1.6

Errata for Programming Elixir 1.6

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Chapter 8
Nested Dictionary Structures
DYNAMIC (RUNTIME) NESTED ACCESSORS

​last:​ ​"​​Elwes"​ ​# typo!

that is not a type, it's the correct surname.

 Jello  Apr 17, 2020 
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18. OTP Supervisors
Supervisors and Workers

the other change that is needed if you don't run "mix new --sup sequence" is the addition of the mod: key in the application function in the mix.exs:

def application do
[
extra_applications: [:logger],
mod: {Sequence.Application, []}
]
end

 Jello  Apr 25, 2020 
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chapter 19
But Does it Work

mix run results in an error, because the dependency declaration in the mix.exs file is wrong, the name needs to be an atom.

also need to run mix deps.get first

 Jello  Apr 26, 2020