Preface
When I came up with this book’s title, I thought it was pretty smart. Having the words Little and Guidebook hinted that the reader could expect a relatively thin volume. This meant I wouldn’t be committed to coming up with a lot of content. That was just as well, because Elixir was a very new language, and there wasn’t much of a community to speak of. It was 2014, Elixir was at version 0.13, and Phoenix was still a web socket library.
Two years and 300 pages later, much has changed. The language has experienced many updates, and the community has grown. The excitement over Elixir is undoubtable, judging by the number of blog posts and tweets. Companies are also starting to discover and fall in love with Elixir. There’s even renewed interest ...