Elixir Lang

Getting started

• Get motivated: Keynote: Think Different by Dave Thomas

• Learn the basics: Elixir Guides

• Read the book: Programming Elixir

Beyond the basics

• Elixir in Action (highly recommended)

• Elixir Sips

• See Elixir Lang website for more resources

Start with focusing on Elixir's conventional programming concepts:

• pattern matching

• non-scalar data types

• strings

Learning about Strings

The string implementation in Elixir is more powerful than in other languages, but that comes with more of a learning curve.

• Elixir for Rubyists: Charlists |> Binary’s |> Strings | IOLists

• String Theory - ElixirConf 2016

Understand data structures

• When to Use Structs, String-keyed Maps, and Atom-keyed Maps

Development Resources

• Hex.pm

• Curated list of packages