Asking questions

When going through this getting started guide, it is common to have questions, after all, that is part of the learning process! There are many places you could ask them to learn more about Elixir:

When doing so, remember these two tips:

  • Instead of asking “how to do X in Elixir”, ask “how to solve Y in Elixir”. In other words, don’t ask how to implement a particular solution, instead describe the problem at hand. Stating the problem gives more context and less bias for a correct answer.

  • In case things are not working as expected, please include as much information as you can in your report, for example: your Elixir version, the code snippet and the error message alongside the error stacktrace. Use sites like Gist to paste this information.