snake117

snake117

I’ll chime in too. Although I haven’t got as far into the course as I would have like to, I have gone through enough to know it is worth the price, especially if you can get it for $40.

I love the “…for programmers” concept. He doesn’t waste time explaining the concepts that most people coming into Elixir are (probably) already familiar with. Moreover, the video demonstrating iex was extremely helpful, as I feel I can utilize iex more effectively and efficiently.

I look forward to completing the course. I just need to find the time :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

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AstonJ

AstonJ OP

Did you both read Programming Elixir first? If so, how do you feel it fits in with that? (Would you recommend this course before/after it?)

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Post #13
bdarla

bdarla

Yes, I did. I feel that the book is good to get an initial introduction to Elixir, while the course provides the means to the student to start thinking in Elixir in practice.

The order I recommend is first the book, then the course (which also covers Phoenix to a certain degree).

I hope that Dave will produce further courses and books related to Elixir. His talent in teaching is incomparable!

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Post #14
alamba78

alamba78

Looks like the discount on the course is gone! Dang, missed it while traveling.

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Post #15
AstonJ

AstonJ OP

Blog post from Dave:

I just finished writing the first of my Coding Gnome courses. This one was an introduction to Elixir for experienced programmers.

I tried to concentrate on partitioning code in a reasonable manner. I didn’t use the traditional Elixir scheme, which comes from a mating of Ruby and Erlang project layouts. Instead, I tried to come at it with a fresh eye, asking myself how the various aspects of the code could best be decoupled.

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Post #16
frigidcode

frigidcode

My queue of learning material for Elixir just keeps increasing in size. I love it, my wallet doesn’t (har har). I’ll be purchasing this course :slight_smile: Dave’s book was one of the best technical books I’ve ever read, so I am looking forward to the course.

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Post #17
caspg

caspg

I’m almost decided to buy this course :slight_smile: , but I would like to ask you how would you compare it to Developing With Elixir and OTP Course | The Pragmatic Studio?

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Post #18
AstonJ

AstonJ OP

Haven’t see that course (yet) but I think Dave’s course is a must-buy - you won’t regret it :023:

Keep in mind that Elixir is Dave’s main language now and possibly for the foreseeable future. He’s written a book, teaches a university course on functional programming, speaks at conferences, is active within the community and, I’m sure, loves hacking with Elixir in his spare time. In other words he’s not just an expert but extremely passionate about it.

He can provide an insight that few others can imo - and this is certainly how I feel about this course and I haven’t even finished it yet!

Everyone interested in Elixir needs to do this course Imo :003: It’s the best online course I have ever done, partly because it introduces you to new (or different/modern) ways of development.

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Post #19
anthonator

anthonator

I definitely agree. This course is a must buy. I’ve been working with Elixir for the better part of a year now and the first half cleared up 90% of the stuff I was still struggling with.

Hell, the explanation of how the = operator works in Elixir, how it enables pattern matching and how it’s different from other languages was alone worth the price of admission in my opinion.

I’m excited to get to the latter half of the course as, from what I hear, it gets into a lot of the architectural things that really interest me about Elixir. Mostly how you can split apps into multiple components. I’m already working on an umbrella app but I’m interested to see how Dave does it.

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Post #20
praveenperera

praveenperera

That’s why I really liked this course, gave me new perspectives on how I should split my code.

I have one suggestion for @pragdave not even really related to the course but is it possible to use a video player where I can control the playback speed? I would like to be able to go through the parts I’m familiar with on 2x and slow down on others.

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