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This book is the introduction to Elixir for experienced programmers, completely updated for Elixir 1.6 and beyond. Explore functional programming without the academic overtones (tell me about monads just one more time). Create concurrent applications, butget them right without all the locking and consistency headaches. Meet Elixir, a modern, functional, concurrent langu
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Kindle Edition, 398 pages
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May 18th 2018
by Pragmatic Bookshelf
(first published January 1st 2013)
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I've fully re-read new version (>=1.6) to compare it with the original release (1.2 or 1.3 if I'm not wrong). The impression is 95% positive:
* book is polished, well-structured & perfectly edited
* it's 100% enough to start an adventure with Elixir programming
* some of new elements (since 1.3) were properly covered (e.g. formatter), but there are also some other very interesting elements (like GenStage & flow) that haven't been even mentioned - yes, I know that GenServer is huge & it's not possib ...more
* book is polished, well-structured & perfectly edited
* it's 100% enough to start an adventure with Elixir programming
* some of new elements (since 1.3) were properly covered (e.g. formatter), but there are also some other very interesting elements (like GenStage & flow) that haven't been even mentioned - yes, I know that GenServer is huge & it's not possib ...more
Jun 29, 2013
Michael
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Disclaimer: The good folks at The Pragmatic Bookshelf were nice enough to provide me with a free copy of this book, but this has no influence on the contents of the review.
My first contact with Dave Thomas was the famous “Pickaxe book” for Ruby. It wasn’t my first contact with the language, but it certainly helped in deepening my understanding of it. It’s a great book, and I went back numerous times to re-read certain chapters. I already had a crush on Ruby, but “the Pickaxe” helped turning that ...more
My first contact with Dave Thomas was the famous “Pickaxe book” for Ruby. It wasn’t my first contact with the language, but it certainly helped in deepening my understanding of it. It’s a great book, and I went back numerous times to re-read certain chapters. I already had a crush on Ruby, but “the Pickaxe” helped turning that ...more
It was a good book. I had previously ready Learn functional programming with Elixir last month. I expected this to be very similar, and just reinforce what I had just learned, but I was pleasantly surprised. One thing I liked about the book was the author was often pointing out the functional way to think about or do things. I also liked that he would occasionally point out convention, and then say I prefer method X.
The book is broken into three major sections. The first section was language bas ...more
The book is broken into three major sections. The first section was language bas ...more
I've been really excited about Elixir for a few months and wanting to dig in. Late last year, I went through the Getting Started guide and managed to get through the whole thing in about a day.
Then I did nothing with Elixir until picking up this book.
I really wanted to like it but really, I found that it was just a wordier version of the Getting Started guide. It took longer to get through but taught very little above what was in the guide. Furthermore, the author's writing style and humour came ...more
Then I did nothing with Elixir until picking up this book.
I really wanted to like it but really, I found that it was just a wordier version of the Getting Started guide. It took longer to get through but taught very little above what was in the guide. Furthermore, the author's writing style and humour came ...more
The best tech book I've read in months.
Perfect balance between what's told & what's needed to comfortably start coding in Elixir. It shines especially in language-dedicated sections, OTP part feels a bit too short, but as it can be really overwhelming (based on my own experience when I was learning Erlang some time ago), I don't find it a big trouble.
All key topics (distribution, supervision, actor model itself) have enough of author's love, with an exception of error handling maybe. And I don't ...more
Perfect balance between what's told & what's needed to comfortably start coding in Elixir. It shines especially in language-dedicated sections, OTP part feels a bit too short, but as it can be really overwhelming (based on my own experience when I was learning Erlang some time ago), I don't find it a big trouble.
All key topics (distribution, supervision, actor model itself) have enough of author's love, with an exception of error handling maybe. And I don't ...more
very nice introduction to the language. while it targets programmers who do not know erlang already, and I already do, I still enjoyed the macro and protocol chapters a lot. also covers some basic functional programming well with practical examples.
recommended for anyone looking to learn Elixir!
recommended for anyone looking to learn Elixir!
Fun easy read. Doesn't dive to deep, but gives you what you need to understand the language.
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If you're looking for a introduction about how powerful is Elixir, this is a great choice. Dave Thomas starts with some basics principles of the language and Functional Progamming then shows how the some core principles of the OTP works, as the final part he shows some advanced principles like Macros and Protocols, but If you're looking for a more advanced book this is probably not the best one.
The nice thing about the book is that all chapters comes with a some exercises to reinforce what you l ...more
The nice thing about the book is that all chapters comes with a some exercises to reinforce what you l ...more
Quite OK book. It was the first FP book I read fully, so first part was useful. I imagine it will be too basic for developers with FP experience. Unfortunately, second part did not dig deep into systems design based on processes. You have a glimpse of processes, supervisors, tasks and agents, but there is no foundation you can understand how to create at least medium apps. I think this book is good for beginners only.
Elixir takes pattern matching to the next level. GenServers and Supervisors is something very clever that I haven’t seen in any other language as a primitive concept. Dave has his own magical way to teach tough subjects and I have to say that Elixir really caught my attention. This is the best book you can get to learn the the basic concepts and have a glimpse of the advanced features Elixir provides.
Comparing to the “Programming Erlang” book by Joe Armstrong I found this book lacking in many regards. I often found myself wondering why some parts of the book are so shallow. All-in-all, if I were a beginner to functional programming and was learning from this book I would certainly learn allot, just not have much in-depth knowledge on how things work behind the scenes.
This book was my first step coming into Functional programming from years of writing object oriented code. Dave handles the nuances of Elixir as well as Functional programming masterfully. The book does not delved deeply into OTP which I think is a correct decision for an introductory Elixir book. This book is best complemented with Exercism-Elicir track if you want the most out of it.
Probably the best book currently available on learning the Elixir language, Dave Thomas continues the high-quality you've come to expect from him after books like The Pragmatic Programmer. I'd recommend pairing this with his Elixir For Programmers course for the full effect!
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The book is well structured and covers everything of what's needed to start using the language. It also has some very nice examples. Unfortunately, the discussions forum for the book has been disabled.
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Great introduction to Elixir. Would highly recommend for anybody interested in the language.
A good book for experienced developers to get started with Elixir.
This book was fun, I still have quite a bit to learn, but it was well written, and I would need to practice a bit to get to understand stuff completely.
Great language and clear writing.
Great and easy to read book. After getting familiar with Elixir basics this book is a gem to find. Gives nice introduction to ITP and some more in depth of language itself.
It has useful examples for how to code in different ways with elixir!
Decent. I got a bit bored and toggled between this and the Phoenix book to really feel like I was learning
Very good introduction to elixir but without some dense material, but it can put you on the right direction.
Good information on the Elixir programming language, recommended read if you are already somewhat familiar with the language and want a deeper and better covered understanding.
You’re going to have to unlearn a whole lot of what you know about programming.
Many of your instincts will be wrong. And this will be frustrating, because you’re going to feel like a total n00b.
Many of your instincts will be wrong. And this will be frustrating, because you’re going to feel like a total n00b.
If you are toying with Elixir – just read this book. A lot of useful info for beginners, some advices for converts and a ton of fun.
Bonus: Dave Thomas is one of the greatest tech evangelists, you just can't ignore his enthusiasm. ...more
Bonus: Dave Thomas is one of the greatest tech evangelists, you just can't ignore his enthusiasm. ...more
Very chaotic, with debatable topic order, some explanations posing more questions than they provided answers. Some of this could be possibly blamed on the characteristics of the language. The author states in the foreword "I want to inspire you to get involved, and the point to the online resources that will fill in the gaps.", but I think this has been taken a step too far. Frequently there's just a handful of examples for a given construct with a wordy commentary, without a more in-depth expla
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Jun 21, 2016
Piotr Kalinowski
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Good overview of various basic concepts related to Elixir to get you started and wet your appetite for more. It's actually exactly the kind of thing I feel like I need when starting with the new language, as this is how I seem to learn them best: start with an overview to get a general understanding of the “landscape,” and then work with the language filling in any details into that mental scaffolding.
Good read, even if I had a quibble with the way the concept of accumulators was introduced, for ...more
Good read, even if I had a quibble with the way the concept of accumulators was introduced, for ...more
It's not the best Elixir book I read but it's a good book.
I started with Programming Phoenix for a more practical learning. This book feels like the other "Programming language book". You will find how to split a string, or how you can deal with regex. In case you're looking for the methods for many types, it will be for you.
For me, it's not the best book to start, but it's a good one to improve your skills and "programming language vocabulary". ...more
I started with Programming Phoenix for a more practical learning. This book feels like the other "Programming language book". You will find how to split a string, or how you can deal with regex. In case you're looking for the methods for many types, it will be for you.
For me, it's not the best book to start, but it's a good one to improve your skills and "programming language vocabulary". ...more
Dec 28, 2014
Milton
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programming
This book gives you a fantastic overview of all the great features that Elixir offers as a programming language.
The first part of the book covers some concepts about functional programming, then you'll see some basic language constructs, which are normally used every day like basic operators, anonymous functions, pattern matching, binaries, char lists, keywords, maps, modules, enumerables, and so on... also talks about some code conventions, at the end of this part the author shows how to organi ...more
The first part of the book covers some concepts about functional programming, then you'll see some basic language constructs, which are normally used every day like basic operators, anonymous functions, pattern matching, binaries, char lists, keywords, maps, modules, enumerables, and so on... also talks about some code conventions, at the end of this part the author shows how to organi ...more
This is a great way for someone who already knows how to program to learn more about Elixir and the Erlang VM. Imagine building a ruby-esque, functional wrapper around the Erlang VM, with great Macro meta-programming capabilities and you have Elixir.
My mind was blown almost completely today when Dave Thomas overloaded the "do" block and created an aspect-oriented solution to the function profiling problem. This book was also my introduction to OTP, the Erlang's Actor model semantics including G ...more
My mind was blown almost completely today when Dave Thomas overloaded the "do" block and created an aspect-oriented solution to the function profiling problem. This book was also my introduction to OTP, the Erlang's Actor model semantics including G ...more
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