Elixir in action

Hi @kostonstyle, if you’re looking to learn OTP I highly suggest this one: Little Elixir and OTP Guidebook. It’s really good for OTP although it hasn’t reached the final version.

I’m not syaing Elixir in Action is bad (I haven’t read it). Just giving my opinion on something that I’ve read

@kostonstyle Elixir In Action does a great job of covering OTP. I haven’t seen the Little Elixir and OTP Guidebook yet but I’d imagine it also does a good job of covering OTP as well.

Get both

There is a coupon code for Ben’s book here and if you subscribe to Manning’s mailing list they also offer discounts from time to time. I buy around 80% of my books when voucher’s surface, even if I know it will be months before I can read them

We are very lucky in Elixir that we have so many great books - other languages of a similar age don’t have any published books yet! A well-written, professionally edited and published book (especially from a tech publisher) is worth 50 mediocre books imo (something you often get when people decide to self-publish, not always but often).

I’m currently reading Elixir in action and it’s a great book. Bare in mind that it was written for older elixir (IIRC elixir 1.0). There are several changes and in the book’s source repository there’s a branch for working with elixir 1.2. Make sure you check the code example in the source because they are slightly different from the ones in the book (especially around data types).

Guys, one by one, which book should I buy

Little Elixir and OTP Guidebook or Elixir in Action?

Thanks

@kostonstyle I bought both
I am reading Elixir in Action and waiting for Little Elixir and OTP to be completed.

https://twitter.com/sasajuric/status/729561732184715264

So should I start with Elixir in Action first?

I probably would, yes.

I agree with Aston!