Tuesday, July 22, 2014

How I learned Elixir

Here are the things I did to learn Elixir
  • Do the Roman numeral kata. I know this kata by heart. But I often do this when I start a new language because I want to focus on learning the syntax. The kata teaches me enough to get a feel of the language, like using a list, Enum, String, and functions.
    • I made a video walking through the kata and explaining what the syntax mean. 
  • Read the getting started guide
  • Read the docs. I general read the kernel, Enum, List, and Map. Those should be enough to get you started.
  • Create my own application.
  • Read other people code. 
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