Technical requirements

The best way to work through this chapter is by following along with the code on your computer. So, having a computer with Elixir and Erlang ready to go would be ideal. I recommend using a version manager such as asdf to install Elixir 1.11.x and Erlang 23.2.x, to get similar results as the code written in the book. We will also be using an HTTP client such as cURL or Wget to make HTTP requests to our server, and a web browser to render HTML responses.

Although most of the code in this chapter is relatively simple, basic knowledge of Elixir and/or Erlang would also come in handy. It will allow you to get more out of this chapter while setting the foundation for other chapters.

Since most of this chapter isn’t coding, you can also choose to read without coding, but the same doesn’t apply to other chapters.

The code examples for this chapter can be found at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Build-Your-Own-Web-Framework-in-Elixir/tree/main/chapter_01