When learning, what order of books did you start with?

[bklau]

I agreed. Elixir in Action is a better book and very well written.

[andre1sk]

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Elixir in Action is a better book and very well written.
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much better written

[sotojuan]

I started with Programming Elixir 1.2 and now going through Programming Phoenix. I have a copy of Elixir in Action which I will read soon but wanted to “make” stuff with Phoenix first if that makes sense. Keeps me motivated to have stuff to look at that I made in the browser.

I’m eyeing The Little Elixir & OTP Guidebook now that it’s nearing completion. I find it hard to learn OTP because I’m newish to backend web dev in general so I don’t have much to compare it to so it’s a bit harder to see why it’s “better”.

[swennemans]

Anyone read Programming Erlang by Joe Armstrong? I’ve just ordered it, the main reason I went with it is to really understand Erlang and therefore Elixir.

[sysashi]

Programming Elixir, after that Learn You Some Erlang.
Also looking forward to get Programming Phoenix when it’s out and gonna be on sale

[AstonJ]

@swennemans

Anyone read Programming Erlang by Joe Armstrong? I’ve just ordered it, the main reason I went with it is to really understand Erlang and therefore Elixir.

Not yet but it’s on my wish-list - please let us know what you think of it

[swennemans]

Will do. Looking forward to read something written by Joe Armstrong.

[AstonJ]

Me too.

I would love to see a book about Elixir & Erlang from @rvirding too - whaddya say Robert? I reckon it would be a best-seller

[gregvaughn]

Yes. I enjoyed it very much. Joe has a fun writing style and explains concepts clearly.

[rvirding]

No, sorry. Me and writing books don’t go together. It would never be finished. It is bad enough trying to write blogs. I need to get worked up for that to happen, and I usually manage to say something which annoys people.

[jmilet]

I did. In my opinion the second edition of this book is the first one to read in order to start learning Erlang or Elixir.

[AstonJ]

It’s been some time since this thread was posted in and so as more people will have read more books, I’m wondering whether more of you can add your thoughts to this thread - perhaps a pattern will emerge that might help those new to Elixir

[gpb]

In terms of Erlang books, I’d definitely recommend Joe Armstrong’s “Programming Erlang: Software for a Concurrent World”. In particular, I got alot out of these chapters:
Part III — Concurrent and Distributed Programs
Part IV — Programming Libraries and Frameworks
Part V — Building Applications

There are differences between Elixir, but I found the basic concepts/mechanisms regarding concurrency and distributed computing to be relatively the same.

Plus Joe Armstrong is an excellent writer. His blog at http://joearms.github.io/ is worth checking out.

[younes-alouani]

i’m halfway through the Programming Elixir 1.3. I want to build a web app from scratch using elixir and phoenix.
What books, in what order, should I read to do that ?

[kokolegorille]

If You are interested in the web, maybe Programming Phoenix is the book for You.

There is a new release coming soon, covering the latest version, but I don’t know when…

One day or another, You will meet OTP. Then You will need a good sip of Elixir.

You will maybe find useful to learn Erlang, because it is the root of all… Like learning latin to understand how italian language was built upon.

[younes-alouani]

Is this order good ?
I thought about this one :

1. Progamming Elixir
2. Elixir in Action
3. The little Elixir & OTP Guidebook
4. Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP
5. And finally Programming Phoenix

[AstonJ]

Sounds good!

This is what I’ve done so far (see my reviews in their respective threads too):

50% Programming Elixir
100% Elixir in Action
Remaining 50% Programming Elixir
PragDave’s online course
Currently going through the Phoenix Guides while waiting for Programming Phoenix 1.3 to be updated

Programming Elixir (Pragprog)

Just finished this book - loved it! I’ve been reading it concurrently with 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…

Elixir In Action (Manning)

Just finished this book - loved it! I’ve been reading it concurrently with Programming Elixir I read 50% of Programming Elixir first (the language bits) and then jumped to Elixir in Action because it covers much of the same ground on the language side of things. This suited me perfectly because it saved me having to write notes (I find going over things is a great way to ‘repeat and reinforce’ what I’ve learnt). These two books are a fantastic combo if this is your preferred learning styl…

Elixir for Programmers (PragDave)

Whoo hoo!! I’ve finished it! Loved it! Here’s… ###My review If you’ve been following the forum lately, you’ll probably have noticed a 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. …

I highly recommend everything I have read and done so far - not regretted any of it

[younes-alouani]

I consider building complex projects so for me OTP is important. This is why I want to go deep in it by reading
3. The little Elixir & OTP Guidebook
4. Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP

This why i Want the opinion of someone who read those two books.

[AstonJ]

Elixir in Action did a great job imo. He actually walks you through building a server from scratch before moving on to Genservers. - which I found really helpful in understanding them.

I’ve got the Little Elixir & OTP Guidebook and hope to get to it at some point