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by vohk 731 days ago
Any recommendations for an entry point into Elixir? I've been teaching myself Rust through resources like Rustlings and 100-exercises-to-learn-rust, and I've found that approach to be pleasantly accessible. I've yet to find something similar for Elixir, whether interactive or just well laid-out.
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Shameless plug: I created a video course that shows you how to build and deploy a product with Elixir really quickly.

https://indiecourses.com/catalog/build-an-mvp-with-elixir-6i...

Hello Peter, fyi, I'm having trouble accessing the cashblog.app website. Not sure if it's just on my end but might be worth taking a look. Cheers.
This looks similar to what you describe: https://exercism.org/tracks/elixir/exercises
Boot up a Livebook and step through some of the basics on the Elixir homepage. Someone else recommended Elixir in Action, which is a very good book once you have some grasp on the fundamentals.
If you're optimizing for career opportunities at all, Rust has more hiring potential than Elixir by a country mile. Both are lightly infested by web3 grift, though.