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I'm still partial to LearnXinYMinutes[0]. It's how I learned enough MatLab/Octave in a couple hours to test out of an intro CS course.

Usually I just use that site in addition to the official tutorial when a concept really stumps me.

Here's their article on Elixir[1]

[0]: https://learnxinyminutes.com

[1]: https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/elixir/

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The Elixir one looks to me like a language reference. Nothing wrong with it, in fact I used to love "language reference" books in the 90s to learn a new language.

It's way better than the typical painful language tutorial that is teaching you about how a variable is like a box containing a value... for every new language you want to learn.

For the sake of other people knowledge, if you appreciate this format to learn a language from a book, search for "language reference" books. They are usually succinct and to the point.

You consider this to be "for experienced coders"?

Yes. It's not useful for beginners. It's a good way to get a quick introduction to the syntax and idioms of a language you're unfamiliar with.

What an amazing resource. Thank you for this. And even more thanks to whoever put this together.

The project was created and is maintained by Adam Bard, but is open sourced with over 1.7k contributors since 2013

https://github.com/adambard/learnxinyminutes-docs

Haha yeah, I saw that after. In that case, great job everyone!

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