This document introduces Elixir, an open-source, functional, concurrent, and dynamic language that runs on the Erlang virtual machine. It discusses key features of Elixir like its Ruby-like syntax, support for distributed and fault-tolerant systems, actor model, macros, protocols, and tools. It also provides examples of functional programming, pattern matching, actors, GenServers, supervisors, macros, protocols, and sigils in Elixir.