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Love Elixir and Phoenix, but the last time I checked (granted, two years ago), the major lack was learning material for people who weren't coming from Ruby expe

Love Elixir and Phoenix, but the last time I checked (granted, two years ago), the major lack was learning material for people who weren't coming from Ruby experience.

lawik 3y ago
I have found learning materials to be plentiful. I came from Python which I guess looks sikilar enough to Ruby. But of course what paths you hit can vary wildly.
givemeethekeys 3y ago
The Elixir and Phoenix books by Pragmatic Programmers are very good. Beyond that, a little bit of practice and getting used to the docs is all I've needed (so far).
mattferderer 3y ago
It's been well over 2 years since I tried it out & I thought the Elixir docs were really awesome when I did it. They had great walk throughs to getting started. I also did Rob Conery's Elixir tutorial which was fun - https://robconery.com/course/take-off-with-elixir/#/ https://robconery.com/course/take-off-with-elixir/#/ Absolutely loved the way he did this one as a story but it also didn't feel like I was sitting there forever waiting for him to get to the lesson either. Looks like it's out dated though.
ydnaclementine 3y ago
I agree with this sentiment of lack of learning materials. I've been through the Liveview for elixir 2.5 times, and the programming pheonix book when it came out, and the they cover the simpler things of elixir. But they don't cover some of the benefits listed in the article (background jobs, service wide state, etc) with solid examples. But maybe I'm not thinking about it the right way because I am coming from a rails or whatever perspective. I've been brainstorming writing my own book that covers elixir pheonix crud, auth, background jobs, live view, (+ more?) using a twitter-clone example, which feels sufficiently complex. Basically writing a book that I wish existed.
abrookewood 3y ago
Pragmatic Studio have some really good courses on both Elixir & Phoenix and some are free: https://online.pragmaticstudio.com/ https://online.pragmaticstudio.com/

Love Elixir and Phoenix, but the last time I checked (granted, two years ago), the major lack was learning material for people who weren't coming from Ruby experience.

lawik 3y ago

I have found learning materials to be plentiful. I came from Python which I guess looks sikilar enough to Ruby. But of course what paths you hit can vary wildly.

givemeethekeys 3y ago

The Elixir and Phoenix books by Pragmatic Programmers are very good. Beyond that, a little bit of practice and getting used to the docs is all I've needed (so far).

mattferderer 3y ago

It's been well over 2 years since I tried it out & I thought the Elixir docs were really awesome when I did it. They had great walk throughs to getting started. I also did Rob Conery's Elixir tutorial which was fun - https://robconery.com/course/take-off-with-elixir/#/ https://robconery.com/course/take-off-with-elixir/#/ Absolutely loved the way he did this one as a story but it also didn't feel like I was sitting there forever waiting for him to get to the lesson either. Looks like it's out dated though.

ydnaclementine 3y ago

I agree with this sentiment of lack of learning materials. I've been through the Liveview for elixir 2.5 times, and the programming pheonix book when it came out, and the they cover the simpler things of elixir. But they don't cover some of the benefits listed in the article (background jobs, service wide state, etc) with solid examples. But maybe I'm not thinking about it the right way because I am coming from a rails or whatever perspective. I've been brainstorming writing my own book that covers elixir pheonix crud, auth, background jobs, live view, (+ more?) using a twitter-clone example, which feels sufficiently complex. Basically writing a book that I wish existed.

abrookewood 3y ago

Pragmatic Studio have some really good courses on both Elixir & Phoenix and some are free: https://online.pragmaticstudio.com/ https://online.pragmaticstudio.com/