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Elixir Conf 2014 - Keynote: Think Different by Dave Thomas

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Programming languagesSoftware designElixir and ErlangFunctional programming

Dave Thomas delivers a keynote on shifting your mindset from object-oriented to functional programming when learning Elixir.

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What people say. Highly recommended for developers struggling to transition from object-oriented programming to Elixir's functional paradigm.

u/aresfieldsin r/elixir • Recommends

For folks who are having a difficult time getting into elixir, here are talks that did it for me. I looked at elixir a while ago and didn't get it. I knew it was running on top of erlang VM which sounded cool, but otherwise just seemed like it was trying to be ruby without classes. Mutability is evil and something about data transfer, functions and pattern matching. I thought pattern matching had something to do with regex. Anyway, I just brushed it aside at the time. I think coming from ruby with an object oriented mentality it was difficult to grasp key concepts and definitions. More importantly, it was difficult to understand reasons behind them and their benefits. I wanted to sha…
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u/crazy-or-notin r/elixir • Recommends

Elixir Conf 2014 - Keynote: Think Different by Dave Thomas
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u/X4llduxin r/elixir • Mentions

On “Are there any elixir videos that are highly recommended to watch for a newcomer?”

I would say this as a start.
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u/Cputeracein r/elixir • Mentions

On “At what point did Elixir/Erlang "click" for you? Was there a book/article/project/etc. that really helped you?”

Not sure how much this will help you, but watching this video helped me think of elixir as a completely new paradigm, and not just a new language: link to this video
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u/Cputeracein r/elixir • Mentions

On “Why do you guys think Elixir is awesome?”

Watch this keynote, it is one of my favorites, it captures just one of the reasons you are looking for: link to this video
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u/sunnyohnoin r/elixir • Mentions

On “New to Elixir here....How to create a function that returns true if a list is in a sequence ????”

I wouldn’t be able to explain pattern matching nearly as well as Dave Thomas. Please put this problem “on pause” and go watch this link to this video This is what made me fall in love with elixir. If you have questions after watching that I can try to help fill in the gaps
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