Phoenix in Action

Chapter 2. Intro to Elixir

This chapter covers

• The basics of the Elixir programming language
• Creating a module
• Using built-in tools to help you work smarter

Now that you’ve learned a bit about the benefits Phoenix can bring to your web application development, you’ll need to know Elixir. Phoenix is a web framework that’s built on top of the Elixir language (which is built on the Erlang VM, known as BEAM). So what if you don’t know Elixir?

This chapter will get you up to speed on Elixir. If you already know Elixir, you can probably skip this chapter entirely. If you don’t know Elixir or need a refresher, this chapter will cover just enough Elixir to get you going. Some concepts won’t be covered in this chapter—I’ll teach you about them later ...