# Programming Erlang (PragProg) **URL:** \ **Category:** Books\ **Tags:** book-programming-erlang, pragprog, erlang-books\ **Created:** [October 27, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://erlangforums.com/t/programming-erlang-pragprog/271 "2021-10-27T14:23:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![reymono](https://erlangforums.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e47c2d/32.png) [@reymono](https://erlangforums.com/u/reymono)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://erlangforums.com/t/programming-erlang-pragprog/271/2 "2023-10-30T13:18:03Z")
Many of the Erlang books are getting a little long in the tooth considering the changes in the language and ecosystem - I have browsed several of them recently. This one by Joe Armstrong is probably my favorite introduction. It is from 2013 (OTP17) and could do with a 3rd edition - of course Joe is unfortunately not around to do it. The chapter on maps needs to be updated - syntax has changed and the examples don’t compile with the OTP26 release. Book mentions several 3rd party tools - the list should probably be revised/updated. Rebar is now Rebar3 - several tools come with Erlang; shell, debugger, mnesia etc. I think a tool like Rebar3 should be there too - a good build/package tool is really important. Newer languages always have them “included” - e.g. Nodejs, Rust, whereas older languages like C and Python don’t and have struggled to get a good default option… --- _[View the full topic](https://erlangforums.com/t/programming-erlang-pragprog/271)._