Comments about oreilly Introducing Elixir:

The book is concise, easy to read and understand and gives a good introduction to Elixir, and does it without boring the reader with very basic stuff. Although as the name suggests, the book is not an advanced book about Elixir.

I read the eBook on my PC using Calibre on Linux, and my tablet (10 inches), both were quite fine. I tried to read on the phone (4.7 inches), but it was not a pleasant read, specially for the code samples.

Comments about oreilly Introducing Elixir:

This is book offers a great introduction into the world of functional programming by using the Elixir programming language.

If you want to build a solid foundation for a long, deep dive into Elixir, this book is for you. The only thing that gets insufficient attention is testing. While it is a first class citizen in the language, it is only covered by roughly two pages.

Comments about oreilly Introducing Elixir:

This book is ideal to get started quickly when you do not have much time to read and study Elixir in deep (like myself).

I highly recommend this book.

Comments about oreilly Introducing Elixir:

I am interested in functional programming concepts because I use R in my work. I worked through Introducing Erlang and the companion exercise book, Etudes for Erlang, a few years ago. Introducing Elixir follows Introducing Erlang in a lot of places, which makes it easy to follow but a bit repetitious if you read the first of these.

The best thing about this book is that it shows you how to apply the basic theory of functional programming using the Elixir language. Other books assume that you are an expert programmer picking up the functional paradigm or an expert functional programmer picking up Elixir. If you are a hobbyist or someone who uses a language like Python but mainly applying domain specific libraries to domain specific problems, this is a great book for learning what functional programming is about and how to use Elixir to implement it. Do note that O'Reilly has an online Etudes for Elixir companion exercise book (Google Etudes for Elixir). With these two resources, you'll have everything you need to be able to say you're familiar with the functional programming paradigm and how to use it in Elixir. (If you want to become a serious programmer of Elixir, you'll want to follow this with Programming Elixir by Thomas.)

Comments about oreilly Introducing Elixir:

As the title promises, the book introduces Elixir. It runs through features of the language at a pretty good clip. However, I found the pre-release version to be a little light in some places, especially when it comes to laying out all the rules that govern particular language constructs. As soon as I started trying to write my own code, I found myself needing to look things up on the web. Therefore I would describe the book as more of a fast introduction to the organizing principles behind Elixir, and terminology you need in order to navigate reference works, than as a complete guide to the language.

Comments about oreilly Introducing Elixir:

* This book is ideal for developers/students planning to start with the language.
* Read through "Other Resources" from the 'Preface' before getting your hands on this book
* Great introduction to the language syntax, programs
* Broad information about all types of basic data structures used and common patterns applied.
* Covered pitfalls along with the examples

* Should have included few exercises like the 'Head First' series to engage the reader more.