Whenever I learn something new and this could be either new technology or programming language I create a list of three resources. Normally my list consists of a book, a course and a project. When creating a list to learn Elixir I found a cool new way to learn.

Elixir’s programming language main website has link to the learning resources which contains almost too much material to digest in reasonable amount of time. When learning new technology I always try to find the best resources and not spend too much time on the average book or course. To find out a great book I use goodreads.com.

For learning Elixir my short list was:

And then I found a link to the ElixirCards. The cards are not the cheapest so I waited few days to think if this is worth the price. After receiving them I can definitely say this is a great product. First lets talk about the build quality. The quality of the cards is level above the cards of the famous programmers I got a while back. There are no scratches after few month of use of ElixirCards while the other cards had scratches after just few weeks of usage.

I have been using flashcards for few months now. What I can say is that I knew that this cards would be probably something that I would enjoy but I was pleasantly surprised how enjoyable learning new programming language could be. This is amazing new way to learn.

I got all 12 packs of ElixirCards + 2 packs of GitCards which is 700+ flash cards and it will take me a while to master the content. But I know I will have blast doing so. If you are kinesthetic or visual learner like I am this flashcards could be of help you.