It focuses on implementing and using the OTP design patterns, including generic servers, finite state machines and event handlers. It describes how applications are configured and included in larger systems, presenting some of the applications included in the OTP release, the System Architecture Support Library being one of them. Mnesia, the distributed real time database is covered in detail, including Mnemosyne, traceability, and support and maintenance issues.

Target Audience: Support and Test Engineers, Software Developers, Prerequisites: • Erlang By Example (or similar) for software developers. • Erlang for Test and Support (or similar) with six to twelve months full time Erlang experience for others. Objectives: • Understand the design principles of OTP. • Understand OTP behaviours. • Understand OTP System Configuration. • Understand the basics of Mnesia. • Awareness of the available OTP applications.