# Uses for Elixir Programming

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/uses-for-elixir-programming/14317>\
**Category:** Discussions\
**Tags:** use-cases\
**Created:** [May 22, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/uses-for-elixir-programming/14317 "2018-05-22T16:37:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![QueenSveta](https://forum.elixirforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/67e7ee/32.png) [@QueenSveta](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/QueenSveta)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/uses-for-elixir-programming/14317/12 "2018-05-23T00:11:09Z")

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> Am I out of touch?

I certainly won’t say you’re out of touch.

I just wanted to know if Elixir can be used for desktop development like C#/Python can, without touching the web (for example, can I create a GUI utility to read a file and preform calculations and save that file?). However, I realized that my question is misguided because I didn’t really understand Elixir and its user cases.

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