Understanding the different types in Elixir

Elixir has a number of different built-in types that we'll be working within the course of building our applications. They are the following:

• Strings (sometimes referred to as binaries)
• Integers
• Floats
• Lists
• Maps
• Keyword lists
• Tuples
• Modules
• Functions (functions themselves break into two separate types: module functions and anonymous functions)

Let's take a look at the various representations of these types and use some of the tools in IEx to understand more about what we're working with.