What learning resources make you write actual code?

I’m currently reading Programming Phoenix (Pragprog) where you get to follow along while creating an app (and I’m SO pleased you create an auth system as well!) and I also thoroughly enjoyed PragDave’s Elixir for Programmers (PragDave) where you get to code an app in an almost personal tutoring style.

If you prefer shorter examples of coding along, I agree with Peer about Elixir In Action (Manning) - you get to build things like GenServers and Supervisors from scratch which I really enjoyed, because it shows how things work under the hood which I believe helps give you a much better understanding of things.

IIRC, Learn Functional Programming with Elixir (Pragprog) did something similar with Maps :003:

Honestly though, I highly recommend every Elixir and Phoenix book (particularly those published by professional publishers like PragProg and Manning) - we are lucky to have some brilliant resources; check them out here Books and Courses and good luck :023:

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