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If you invest time learning Erlang everything around Elixir will make sense and it will be a pleasant experience not only to "write" but to test, debug and main
by bandris 5y ago
If you invest time learning Erlang everything around Elixir will make sense and it will be a pleasant experience not only to "write" but to test, debug and maintain as well. I would go through this slightly dated but gentle introduction before learning Elixir: https://learnyousomeerlang.com/content https://learnyousomeerlang.com/content
Thinking in processes and knowing/using the GenServer abstraction is the core of Elixir programming.
So, one negative is that difficult to use without Erlang knowledge. Also some good libraries are Erlang only for compatibility/historical reasons.
- optimuspaul 5y agothis. I had piloted a project in Elixir a few years ago. It wasn't until I really learned Erlang that it became a pleasant experience. In the end it was replaced by another team in another language.
- joelbluminator 5y ago> If you invest time learning Erlang everything around Elixir will make sense But this seems like a big issue to me. It probably makes the learning curve high if u basically need to learn 2 languages.