Just a newbie perspective: I just started programming some months ago! Started with Javascript, but I got really annoyed with a course called “Object oriented Javascript”, because I didn’t see the logic in the way of organizing the code.
Then I discovered Elixir! I saw people saying it was a great language, but that it was difficult to shift mindset from a OO-language. So I decided to dive head first into functional programming with Elixir first, instead of the other way around.
I think Elixir has been supereasy to learn, and for me it seems like better tool to learn programming in general. When I look at other peoples javascript code, it seems like a big mess in my head – even though I know the basics. It’s way more easy to follow and read code in Elixir, especially with the pipe operator.
Most important, it’s fun! And that’s the most important thing when learning to program.
