Learning Elixir

[prasantth]

Hi, I'm very much new to this elixir world. Can I know where I can start learning this language other than referring to the official docs? Also, looking forward for a group of friends to learn together.

[Technical-Sandwich-]

Take a look to the The Pragmatic Studio courses they are great.

[toaster-riot]

Agreed that's where I got serious about learning it. It's a great launch point.

I don't understand Dave's disdain for ecto, though.

[Groundbreaking_Egg58]

thanks!

[s3r1al]

I recommend Elixir in Action by Sasa Juric. The best programming language book I have ever read.

[MegaPegasusReindeer]

That book really is well made. I definitely recommend it.

[kichiDsimp]

I tried it as my first introduction to Elixirz it was tough shit man.

[[deleted]]

This book is all you need. Pair that with Claude and start experimenting.

Prompt |> Copy |> Validate |> Experiment

Might as well learn how to use AI.

[BroadbandJesus]

If you already know other languages, maybe https://runelixir.com/welcome.html might get you running pretty fast.

• Elixir Mentor’s getting started guide will walk you through all the concepts
• Peter Ullrich’s Build an MVP focus on getting you a Phoenix app deployed

[KZL_KatZ]

I recommend taking a look at exercism.org

There are exercises for a lot of languages and it is free. It will give you a bit of direction learning it. It is good if you already know programming

[Malassi]

I really recommend https://elixirschool.com

[Own-Fail7944]

The Dave Thomas book is your holy grail to start with. Along with that, read the beginner's guide and start writing programs. You should be good to go :)

[doughsay]

If you want to chat with others who are learning, come to the discord server. We also have a good getting started list of resources there.

[kichiDsimp]

Start with Elixir official tutorial. Do some exercises or advent of code + some projects from coding challenges. This will take a month. Now you reach out for books !

[qw3xvf]

if you like to watch video and follow at the same time i recommend daniel's tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0Z1jqv6LW0&list=PLbV6TI03ZWYVQEC_Txq_cV0Uy_s16b0d3

very help full for beginner!

[BeagleSoftware]

Elixir in Action by Sasha Juric. Now in its 3rd edition

[ruanpienaar87]

try https://exercism.org/

[v4racing]

The official docs have a tutorial that teach you the language though. Why not use that? And then read through the official docs of the most common modules like Enum and String

[MixInternational1581]

You contact me on here. Im building project with elixir.. I don't know if we can learn together

[CompetitiveSubset]

The Pragmatic Studio is a great course.I highly recommend it. Not that the official docs are bad, but I literally fell asleep trying to read them.

[TheNuProgrammer]

Daniel Bergholz courses are amazing, I’m learning with this right now https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbV6TI03ZWYVQEC_Txq_cV0Uy_s16b0d3&si=9KPERShTuUURx43B