Is Elixir a good first language?

[AstonJ]

This book might be a good place to start:

Learn Functional Programming with Elixir (Pragprog)

[image] by Ulisses Almeida Elixir’s straightforward syntax and this guided tour give you a clean, simple path to learn modern functional programming techniques. No previous functional programming experience required! This book walks you through the right concepts at the right pace, as you explore immutable values and explicit data transformation, functions, modules, recursive functions, pattern matching, high-order functions, polymorphism, and failure handling, all while avoiding side effect…

Also see these threads:

Is Elixir a good first language?

After html & css is Elixir recommended as a good first programming language for web apps and backeds of mobile apps?

New to programming, how should I proceed in learning Elixir?

I work in IT as a network admin and am new to programming. There are a lot of resources for learning Elixir but it seems that not many are truly geared towards individuals without programming experience. I am looking for recommendations such as what resources and in what order, etc. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Rich

Is elixir good for beginner programmer?

Hi, I am a self taught programmer, and I have some basic background of Javascript and Python that I learned from codecademy and treehouse. I would like to ask wether I am ready to start learning Elixir? Or should I continue to learn Javascript and Python? If you think I should start learning elixir, then where do I start? Is there any online tutorial? Thank your for your help.