Ted

Ted

Review: Metaprogramming Elixir - A great read for this beginner

I picked up Metaprogramming Elixir with the intent of reading it at a later time, once I had a bit more exposure and experience with Elixir.

But then I took a little peek at the first chapter and I was hooked.

Chris McCord’s clear writing style and obvious focus on reader ergonomics, e.g., repeating relevant bits of code, makes the book very readable and engaging.

Regarding content, there were plenty of moments when I thought, “Wait, we’re going to do what next?! Okay, I’ve got time to read a few more pages…”

The book introduced me to Elixir’s AST and the concept of macro hygiene, along with repeatable recipes for building DSLs and testing macros.

As an Elixir noob, I don’t think I’ll be writing my own for-real macros just yet, but I feel that I’ve gain a lot of valuable intuition about how the language works.

Most Liked

wolf4earth

wolf4earth

It’s also a surprisingly short read (roughly 100 pages). Very refreshing when most tech literature are big chunky books.

PragmaticBookshelf

PragmaticBookshelf

Devtalk Sponsor

Don’t forget you can get 35% off with your Devtalk discount! Just use the coupon code "devtalk.com" at checkout

Ted

Ted

Thanks!

Personally, I read it after wrapping up these two books:

Alternatively, the following would also be a fine choice before jumping into Metaprogramming Elixir:

Where Next?

Popular General Dev topics Top

Ted
I picked up Metaprogramming Elixir with the intent of reading it at a later time, once I had a bit more exposure and experience with Elix...
New
mindriot
Ok, well here are some thoughts and opinions on some of the ergonomic keyboards I have, I guess like mini review of each that I use enoug...
New
joseph-grosso
I finished the book just last month! Super happy with the results. To celebrate I wrote an article and posted about my experience. For a...
New
danilopiazza
A short and sweet book on functional programming, its advantages, and its possible uses. Suitable for beginners on FP or for experienced...
New

Other popular topics Top

malloryerik
Any thoughts on Svelte? Svelte is a radical new approach to building user interfaces. Whereas traditional frameworks like React and Vue...
New
brentjanderson
Bought the Moonlander mechanical keyboard. Cherry Brown MX switches. Arms and wrists have been hurting enough that it’s time I did someth...
New
AstonJ
poll poll Be sure to check out @Dusty’s article posted here: An Introduction to Alternative Keyboard Layouts It’s one of the best write-...
New
Exadra37
On modern versions of macOS, you simply can’t power on your computer, launch a text editor or eBook reader, and write or read, without a ...
New
AstonJ
I have seen the keycaps I want - they are due for a group-buy this week but won’t be delivered until October next year!!! :rofl: The Ser...
New
Help
I am trying to crate a game for the Nintendo switch, I wanted to use Java as I am comfortable with that programming language. Can you use...
New
PragmaticBookshelf
Author Spotlight: VM Brasseur @vmbrasseur We have a treat for you today! We turn the spotlight onto Open Source as we sit down with V...
New
PragmaticBookshelf
Author Spotlight: Sophie DeBenedetto @SophieDeBenedetto The days of the traditional request-response web application are long gone, b...
New
sir.laksmana_wenk
I’m able to do the “artistic” part of game-development; character designing/modeling, music, environment modeling, etc. However, I don’t...
New
AnfaengerAlex
Hello, I’m a beginner in Android development and I’m facing an issue with my project setup. In my build.gradle.kts file, I have the foll...
New