https://twitter.com/rbates/status/614217079697207297
If Ryan starts doing screencasts I will definitely start learning it!
Have to say, there’s a lot of buzz around Elixir and Phoenix at the moment - anyone used it yet? What do you think?
It’s second on my to-learn list (after react.js). Really want to get into functional programming and Elixir seems to be the nicest way out there to do so. I will be following comments and feedback here with great interest.
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I’m not a big fan of Erlang/OTP, so I’ll admit I haven’t had much interest in Elixir.
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Here are some interesting slides:
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Is there a video for that slides?
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I don’t think so @JikkuJose
This is a really interesting talk:
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You can get 39% of Elixir books on Manning with this code: tanweihao39 
I’m r e a l l y tempted to order these:
The Little Elixir and OTP Guidebook
Also for 24 hours only this code gets you 50% off mltanweihao (or if that doesn’t work try dotd070115tw).
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thanks for sharing AJ, both look good!
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This caught my eye in the intro in EIA:
Hmmmm wonder if we could have Opal (Ruby) on the client-side and Elixir on the server! 
Edit: Also this just hit my Twitter feed:
https://twitter.com/MiguelCamba/status/591233951978676224/photo/1
does this mean that Erlang/Elixir can do all of the above ?? or is it Server A and Server B ?
It’s just Server B.
Basically, the author is talking about two server systems he’s set-up and used professionally - I’ve just got to it so haven’t read his assessment yet. Check it out here it’s in the sample chapter: http://manning.com/juric/elixir-in-action-CH01.pdf
More I read about Elixir the more I am really excited about it. So far I feel like it’s as close as possible to Ruby (to look at) but on Steroids 
I’m just not sure I can get around the whole functional programming thing - I do love OOP.
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Like @AstonJ said, Erlang can do all of this out of the box!
It’s a very interesting languages, that I personally hope will win forward with the introduction of Elixir.
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It does sound like a very powerful language indeed. I think FP is the way of the future, due to its suitability for parallel programming. It seems to me that Elixir is definitely something worth investing in.
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The funny thing is I always said that I did not want to be a Polyglot! #RubyEverywhere haha
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You can still be a Polyglot but only using cool languages.
A Polycoolglot!
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I can live with that Fred, and… I just bought both of those books 
Anyone else fancy learning Elixir? Maybe we can share tips, help each other out etc.
/Merged thread into this one/
Yes, I’ll give Elixir a go 
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Awesome! I posted coupons to get 50% off (or if you missed it 39% off) of the Manning books in the other thread if you are interested. (I’m also considering getting Introducing Elixir as seems to be a good introduction to functional programming).
I’ve been told the tutorial on the site is meant to be excellent too
At this stage, I just want to see if I can get my heard around FP… I’m not the brightest spark you see! 
Maybe we can use this thread to see how we’re getting on? Tho feel free to start a new thread if you like 
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