Metaprogramming Elixir

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1. Metaprogramming Elixir
   1. Copyright
   2. For the Best Reading Experience...
   3. ​Dedication
   4. Table of Contents
   5. Early praise for Metaprogramming Elixir
   6. Acknowledgements
   7. Introduction
      1. Metaprogramming—An Essential Feature
      2. How to Read This Book
      3. Running the Code Exercises
      4. Online Resources
   8. Chapter 1: The Language of Macros
      1. The World Is Your Playground
      2. Macro Rules
      3. The Abstract Syntax Tree—Demystified
      4. Macros: The Building Blocks of Elixir
      5. Code Injection and the Caller’s Context
      6. Further Exploration
   9. Chapter 2: Extending Elixir with Metaprogramming
      1. Custom Language Constructs
      2. Smarter Testing with Macros
      3. Extending Modules
      4. Using Module Attributes for Code Generation
      5. Compile-Time Hooks
      6. Further Exploration
   10. Chapter 3: Advanced Compile-Time Code Generation
       1. Generating Functions from External Data
       2. MIME-Type Conversion in Ten Lines of Code
       3. Building an Internationalization Library
       4. Code Generation from Remote APIs
       5. Further Exploration
   11. Chapter 4: How to Test Macros
       1. Setting Up Your Test Suite
       2. Deciding What to Test
       3. Integration Testing
       4. Unit Tests
       5. Test Simple and Test Fast
       6. Further Exploration
   12. Chapter 5: Creating an HTML Domain-Specific Language
       1. Getting Domain Specific
       2. Start by Defining the Minimum Viable API
       3. Support the Entire HTML Spec with Macros
       4. Enhance Your API with HTML Attribute Support
       5. Generate Less Code by Walking the AST
       6. To DSL or Not to DSL?
       7. Further Exploration
   13. Chapter 6: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility (and Fun!)
       1. When and Where to Use Macros
       2. Avoiding Common Pitfalls
       3. Bending the Rules
       4. Build the Future
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