Programming Elixir 1.6 vs Elixir in Action

[AstonJ]

The same question was recently asked on Devtalk - here’s a copy of my reply from there:

@AstonJ

When I read them the version of Programming Elixir I had was more up-to-date than Elixir in Action, now, EIA is more recent.

However if you can’t (or don’t want to) get both I would suggest reading the preview chapters that you can download for each and just go with whoever’s writing style you prefer

Here’s my review of Programming Elixir and here’s my review of Elixir in Action if it’s of any interest

You can’t go wrong with either, so if you can only get one, go by whoever’s writing style you prefer

(Btw if you’re interested, Dave Thomas is thinking about running a book club on Devtalk for his book - if that interests you let me know!)