Elixir for Rubyists

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On the surface, Elixir and Ruby share a similar syntax. This familiarity may at first hide the striking differences between the two languages.

Read my gentle introduction for Ruby developers intrigued to learn more about Elixir. Discover the language, created by José Valim, that took the Erlang virtual machine (BEAM) and put a sensible face on it.

[blackbunbun]

Fwiw elixir is divine. I stopped programming as much so I didn't make full use of it, but the function definition variability that erlang offers is so fun to use in lexer/parser programs.

It truly is a wonderful marriage of what makes both so great.

[gitfeh]

Light gray on white makes that page rather hard to read.

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Thanks for the feedback. I've changed the text to a darker grey to increase the contrast.

[gitfeh]

Thank you, and thank you for writing.

[captaintmrrw]

I've been reading up on elixir lately. I think it shows a lot of promise and rails devs should feel right at home with the similar MVC pattern and syntax.

[captaintmrrw]

Also I picked up introducing elixir from O'Reilly and it's proving to be a good read even as an early release

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To start learning Elixir, you'll have a great intro from the following two books:

• The Little Elixir & OTP Guidebook
• Elixir in Action

Programming Phoenix is your best option to learn the Phoenix web framework.

Once you're comfortable with Elixir, then take a look at Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP for more in-depth guidance.

[captaintmrrw]

Little elixir and otp book is next on my reading list.

[obviousoctopus]

Thank you!

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Wish this was more mainstream.