AstonJ
August 16, 2025, 3:02pm
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I’ll repost links to what I’ve said about books I’ve read (I recommend all of them)…
Just finished this book - loved it! Elixir In Action : I read 50% of Programming Elixir first (the language bits) and then jumped to Elixir in Action because it covers quite a bit of the same ground (especially the language basics, albeit at a faster pace) - this suits me perfectly because it saves me having to write notes; I like going over things to help ‘repeat and reinforce’ what I’ve learnt. These two books are a fantastic combo if that is your p…
Just finished this book - loved it!
I’ve been reading it concurrently with Programming Elixir
Whoo hoo!! I’ve finished it! Loved it! number of threads I’ve started that were inspired by this course. For someone like me, who’s transitioning from the old ‘monolith’ way of doing things, this course is simply invaluable. It contains so, so many eye openers. I’ve actually lost cout of the number of times I was (very pleasantly) surprised by what Dave had to say - and I think you will be too. …
@peerreynders said in his post above
Whoo hoo I finished it! Here’s…
That last one is an excellent look into functional programming
Never got around to finishing Programming Phoenix - but here’s a quick interim review of it:
I’ve just started reading this but wanted to quickly say that the preface and opening chapter (everything up to the beginning of ‘Part 1’) is not only one of the best openings of any book I’ve read, but also does one of the best jobs to sell the idea of a piece of technology - ever!!
I was going to suggest PragProg consider making it a free download - because I reckon it will do a phenomenal job of helping drive adoption of Elixir and Phoenix …which in turn will mean significantly more potentia…
Started doing Pragmatic Studio’s LiveView Course too but again haven’t had time to finish it (but I loved it and look forward to getting back into it when I’ve got time to get back into it all):
After reading some of the glowing reviews in the Programming Phoenix LiveView Book Club! I was getting a serious bout of FOMO, and since I don’t have the time to dedicate to reading a book atm it’s much easier for me to digest 10 minute videos - so I started going through this course.
While I’ve only completed 8 modules so far I’m loving it! As mentioned by @connected-cjohnston in another thread you don’t actually build an app, but rather each module is focused on teaching you one thing - the …
I want to get through all of the Elixir books if I can and would recommend others try to as well, there’s always something invaluable to glean from them
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