Elixir Immersion for 60 days, day 8

Anton Rich
Nov 1 · 2 min read

Techniques:

  • Read ahead
  • Type ahead and then try to answer why by yourself, and then reread the chapter. I’m going to try this with OTP chapter today.

The last function on the screen should have been named handle_call. Didn’t notice it right away.


Type ahead and then try to answer why by yourself, and then reread the chapter. I’m going to try this with OTP chapter today.

I have just tried this strategy with the OTP chapter. It didn’t work. Because there is not much to type as I discovered. But there is a lot to understand. There is more “theory” written to understand the workings of OTP than the actual code itself.

So, I’m reverting back to reading and typing the code gradually and trying understand things as I go along.

Useful Expressions to form a MINDSET:

  • Move the needle in the right direction
  • Bite the bullet and roll with the punches.
  • Everyday is a test!
  • As quick as humanly possible.
  • I’m only 1% of what I can be right now.

I was spinning a card, something that I usually do. That’s when this thought has popped up, “Programming should be a habit for me.”

Frankly, I haven’t done much in terms reading and coding. Just a bit. I moved the needle just a little.

I also remembered that I want to make a project where I can utilize telegram. I want to make a telegram bot and Elixir has a framework for that. So tomorrow I’ll look into that.

Anton Rich

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Learning French and FP with Elixir.

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