michael_teter
From Ruby/Rails -> Phoenix: learn Elixir first, or dive into Phoenix tutorials?
Hi All.
I have experience with multiple languages and experience with Rails framework, but I don’t yet know anything about Elixir.
If my immediate need is to build a new webapp, and I intend to try with Phoenix (given its positive reviews), is it important for me to first learn Elixir? Or is it easy enough to pickup along the way with Phoenix tutorials?
Thanks in advance!
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Do learn Elixir first. It is not Ruby, nor object oriented language.
The Phoenix framework will be easier to pick up once you know Elixir idioms. Iti s also very similar to Ruby. But you will use it better way if you know how Elixir and OTP, umbrella apps work etc.
Edit: also, I found a good way is to build a simple API first to get a feeling of the language/tools, rather than starting with a big project.
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