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

## Introduction to pattern matching

Controlling the program flow means controlling which functions and expressions will be executed. Imperative languages rely mainly on conditional constructors like `if`, but here in the functional world, **pattern matching** plays the central role. However, pattern matching is often misunderstood and challenging for beginners to comprehend, which is why half of this chapter is dedicated to understanding it.


# Introduction to pattern matching

Controlling the program flow means controlling which functions and expressions will be executed. Imperative languages rely mainly on conditional constructors like `if`, but here in the functional world, **pattern matching** plays the central role. However, pattern matching is often misunderstood and challenging for beginners to comprehend, which is why half of this chapter is dedicated to understanding it.


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

Making Two Things Match

Introduction to pattern matching