Completely new to programming and Elixir

Thanks for all the answers, i really appreciate it.
Good to know, that i can just use nearly any langage for the GUI.

You can build GUI’s in both ruby and python, and python has kivy, which can be used for programming iOS and Android.

While Elixir is use a lot for web applications the Erlang/OTP system on which it is based is used for many different types of systems by for example Ericsson, WhatsApp, Cisco, Adroll, … So there is nothing limiting Elixir to web applications.

If you are new to programming you should definitely check out:

I haven’t read it yet but have read other books from Ryan and he’s a great author

After that I would be inclined to recommend what I have done myself to date:

I nearly started learning programing with elixir. I just had some basic ruby background. Structure of language elixir is great for first language. Because everything is clear in elixir. But most of elixir community experienced developers, good at min 3 programing language. That makes libraries and tutorials not suitable for beginners. Elixir is like a katana more than swiss army knive. After elixir i realised how deep is programing. So if you want just get things done elixir can be overkill. But if you really want to dive programing elixir is perfect for you.

For a beginner good course.

By the way, here another tip that might be useful for you to find resources:

This forum has pretty good search capabilities. If you search for “learning functional programming” (for exmaple) you will find many similar threads from other learners, where other members of the community have suggested different approaches, books, videos, courses, etc.

Okay, thanks for pointing this out.
So if i write a server application for maybe “time tracking” in elixir, i could write the GUI in Clojure/“AnyOtherLanguage capable building UIs”?
Note: No web application. A “normal” desktop app.

That’s totally fine; some people learn more effectively by having other people show them the ropes in-person, or from doing exercises, etc. You might want to check out the Elixir track at Exercism. Perhaps that will be a learning approach with which you would be more comfortable.

Also, if you live in a large city in Germany, chances are that there might be an Elixir user group in your city. Perhaps you could join a meetup and learn from other people there

Elixir is a fantastic backend for really any language. It’s been the case for a while now that the clients and servers use some sort of standard API to communicate, so you can pair basically any language on the client side and any language on the server side, it doesn’t much matter.

These are languages that run on the client side actually. They’re run in the web browser and talk back to the server, they aren’t languages that run serverside.

That’s probably it’s most common use case. Erlang (also on the BEAM) is perhaps best known for being a control layer in telecommunication systems. It’s also the language used to power the chat service WhatsApp which has over a billion users.

@leifericf Thanks for the links and your words.
I have to say, that i am not the person reading hardcover books for learning purposes.
For entertaining, sure, but not for learning.
If there is a PDF or ebook version, this might suit me well better, or even a video course.
Thanks!