Learn Elixir — chapter by chapter explanation of Programming Elixir 1.6 (by Dave Thomas)

Programming Elixir 1.6 — Chapter 4 Summary

1. Chapter 1 and 2 — OOP, Functional Programming, and Pattern Matching
2. Chapter 3 — Immutability
3. Chapter 4 — Basic Elixir Types (this post)
4. Chapter 5 — Anonymous Functions
5. Chapter 6 — Modules and Named Functions (coming soon)
6. Chapter 7 — Lists and Recursion (coming soon)
7. Chapter 8 and 9 — Maps, Structs, and Keyword Lists in Detail (coming soon)
8. Chapter 10 — Processing Collections (coming soon)
9. Chapter 11 — Strings and Binaries (coming soon)
10. Chapter 12 — Control Flow (coming soon)

Welcome back to my 3rd entry in this Programming Elixir 1.6 Chapter By Chapter series. This post will focus on Chapter 4 which discusses the basic types in Elixir. I won’t go over all the types that are mentioned but instead will highlight some of the more interesting points from the chapter.

Chapter 4

1. Atoms