Im an “old school” PHP developer working in the traditional LAMP stack for years now. I’m ready for something new and have projects that need to scale. So naturally I’ve landed here.

I’ve purchased some elixir / Phoenix books and have the boot camp course on Udemy and about to really dive in.

But I have to admit, my brain is having a really hard time with the syntax! The functional programming part is fine grasping. But all the bizzare symbols everywhere just totally looses me. I don’t find it readable at all.

I know most of this is because it’s new, but even so, it looks so cryptic. Any tips on getting comfortable or understanding these basics. Sure I can copy and paste from a book or course, but I really want to understand what on earth I’m looking at.

I’ve heard amazing things about this community and excited to be here!