Programming Elixir ≥ 1.6

Think Different(ly)

This is a book about thinking differently—about accepting that some of the things folks say about programming may not be the full story:

• Object orientation is not the only way to design code.
• Functional programming need not be complex or mathematical.
• The bases of programming are not assignments, if statements, and loops.
• Concurrency does not need locks, semaphores, monitors, and the like.
• Processes are not necessarily expensive resources.
• Metaprogramming is not just something tacked onto a language.
• Even if it is work, programming should be fun.

Of course, I’m not saying Elixir is a magic potion (well, technically it is, but you know what I mean). It isn’t the one true way to write code. But it’s different enough from the mainstream ...