elixir

Introduction to programming in Elixir.

Based on book: Programming Elixir >= 1.6 by Dave Thomas

1. INSTALLING

brew update
brew install elixir

2. INTERACTIVE ELIXIR

$ iex

To exit: Ctrl+C

writing string to the console:

IO.puts "Hello world!"

getting infoabout value:

i 123
i "cat"
i %{name: "Dave", likes: "Elixir"}
i Map

3. SCRIPTS

Typically, elixir scripts have extension .ex (intend to be compiled into binary form) or .exs (can be run without compiling).

Example script is in: hello.exs

elixir hello.exs

4. ELIXIR CHEAT SHEET

https://devhints.io/elixir

5. Display char lists correctly FFS

IEx.configure inspect: [charlists: false

AGENDA

--- Conventional programming ---

1. Pattern matching
2. Immutability
3. Elixir basics
4. Anonymous functions
5. Modules and named functions
6. Lists and recursion
7. Maps, keyword lists, sets and structs
8. What Are Types?
9. Processing Collections — Enum and Stream
10. Strings and binaries
11. Control flow
12. Organizing a project
13. Tooling

--- Concurent programming ---

ewelkaw / elixir