Elixir Fundamentals for Ruby Developers

Unlock the Power of Concurrency with Elixir

About This Course

3 Modules 15 Lessons

Elixir is a functional, concurrent programming language designed for building scalable applications with ease. It’s built on the Erlang VM, which has been powering telecommunication systems for decades. With Elixir, you get the simplicity and expressiveness of Ruby, combined with the power of Erlang. In this course, you’ll explore the fundamentals of Elixir, learn how it differs from Ruby, and understand why it's a great choice for handling high-concurrency systems.

Prerequisites

You should have a basic understanding of Ruby, as this course will frequently compare Elixir with Ruby to help you make sense of the key differences.

You can complete this course in 2 days with just 1 hour a day.

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Day 1

Understanding Elixir vs. Ruby (4 min)

Functional Programming Concepts in Elixir (4 min)

Setting Up an Elixir Development Environment (3 min) lock

Elixir Syntax Overview (3 min) lock

Numbers in Elixir vs. Ruby (5 min) lock

Strings in Elixir vs. Ruby (5 min) lock

Atoms in Elixir vs. Symbols in Ruby (3 min) lock

Lists in Elixir vs. Arrays in Ruby (6 min) lock

Tuples in Elixir vs. Arrays in Ruby (4 min) lock

Pattern Matching (4 min) lock

Immutable Data and Pure Functions (7 min) lock

Conditional Expressions in Elixir – if Statements (4 min) lock

Conditional Expressions in Elixir – unless Statements (3 min) lock

Conditional Expressions in Elixir – case Statements (3 min) lock

Day 2

Loops in Elixir vs. Ruby (7 min) lock