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An Erlang tutorial can be found in <a href="getting_started/users_guide.html"> Getting Started With Erlang</a>. <p> In addition to the documentation here Erlang is described in several recent books like: </p> <ul> <li> <a href="http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596518189">"Erlang Programming"</a> from O'Reilly. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.pragprog.com/titles/jaerlang">"Programming Erlang"</a> from Pragmatic. </li> </ul> <p> These books are highly recommended as a start for learning Erlang. </p> </li> <li>Erlang/OTP is divided into a number of OTP <a href="applications.html">applications</a>. An application normally contains Erlang <a href="man_index.html">modules</a>. Some OTP applications, such as the C interface <em>erl_interface</em>, are written in other languages and have no Erlang modules. <p> <li>On a Unix system you can view the manual pages from the command line using <pre> % erl -man <module> </pre> <p> <li> You can of course use any editor you like to write Erlang programs, but if you use Emacs there exists editing support such as indentation, syntax highlighting, electric commands, module name verification, comment support including paragraph filling, skeletons, tags support and more. See the <a href="#tools#/index.html"> Tools</a> application for details. <p> There is also an <a href="http://erlide.sourceforge.net"> Erlang plugin (ErlIDE) for Eclipse</a> if you prefer a more graphical environment. ErlIDE is under active development with new features in almost every release. <li>When developing with Erlang/OTP you usually test your programs from the interactive shell (see <a href="getting_started/users_guide.html"> Getting Started With Erlang</a>) where you can call individual functions. There is also a number of tools available, such as the graphical <a href="#debugger#/index.html" >Debugger</a>, the process manager <a href="#pman#/index.html" >Pman</a> and table viewer <a href="#tv#/index.html">TV</a>. <p> Also note that there are some shell features like history list (control-p and control-n), in line editing (Emacs key bindings) and module and function name completion (tab) if the module is loaded. <p> <li>OpenSource users can ask questions and share experiences on the <a href="http://www.erlang.org/faq.html"> Erlang questions mailing list</a>. <p> <li>Before asking a question you can browse the <a href="http://www.erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-questions/"> mailing list archive</a> and read the <a href="http://www.erlang.org/faq/faq.html" >Frequently Asked Questions</a>. <p> <li>Additional information and links of interest for Erlang programmers can be found on the Erlang Open Source site <a href="http://www.erlang.org/">http://www.erlang.org</a>. <p> </ul> <center> <small> Copyright © 1999-2010 <a href="http://www.ericsson.com">Ericsson AB</a> </small> </center> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>