This course is a beginner’s guide to functional programming concepts and an introduction to Elixir.

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Elixir is a functional programming language that runs in the Erlang VM, a powerful environment to run distributed systems. This course uses Elixir because of its fun syntax, vibrant community, and production-ready tooling. Elixir syntax lets you focus on what’s important while learning functional programming.

Starting from scratch, you will learn the fundamentals of Elixir including expressions, modules, conditional statements, and recursion. Towards the end of the course, you will focus on more advanced material like higher-order functions, how to handle impure functions, and lastly how to design an application using Elixir and functional programming principles.

By the end, you will be able to write basic Elixir programs that follow the functional programming paradigm.

Learn Functional Programming with Elixir

A game where you only face an enemy and find an exit isn’t that interesting. A game should have more challenges and places to explore. You can use your imagination to create additional interesting ideas for the game you built in Chapter 7, [*Designing Your Elixir Applications*](https://www.educative.io/courses/functional-programming-elixir/starting-your-project-with-mix). Here are some suggestions that you can implement in your game.

## Trap trigger

A game where you only face an enemy and find an exit isn’t that interesting. A game should have more challenges and places to explore. You can use your imagination to create additional interesting ideas for the game you built in Chapter 7, [*Designing Your Elixir Applications*](https://www.educative.io/courses/functional-programming-elixir/starting-your-project-with-mix). Here are some suggestions that you can implement in your game.

# Trap trigger

Find extra challenges to the game you developed.

Getting Started

Introduction to Functional Programming

Working with Variables and Functions

Using Pattern Matching to Control Program Flow

Diving into Recursion

Using Higher-Order Functions

Designing Your Elixir Applications

Handling Impure Functions

Conclusion

Appendices

Appendix 2: Adding Rooms to the Game

Trap trigger