Name: The Joy of Clojure
ISBN: 9781617291418

The Joy of Clojure

Summary The Joy of Clojure, Second Edition is a deep look at the Clojure language. Fully updated for Clojure 1.6, this new edition goes beyond just syntax to show you the "why" of Clojure and how to write fluent Clojure code. You'll learn functional and declarative approaches to programming and will master the techniques that make Clojure so elegant and efficient. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the Technology The Clojure programming language is a dialect of Lisp that runs on the Java Virtual Machine and JavaScript runtimes. It is a functional programming language that offers great performance, expressive power, and stability by design. It gives you built-in concurrency and the predictable precision of immutable and persistent data structures. And it's really, really fast. The instant you see long blocks of Java or Ruby dissolve into a few lines of Clojure, you'll know why the authors of this book call it a "joyful language." It's no wonder that enterprises like Staples are betting their infrastructure on Clojure. About the Book The Joy of Clojure, Second Edition is a deep account of the Clojure language. Fully updated for Clojure 1.6, this new edition goes beyond the syntax to show you how to write fluent Clojure code. You'll learn functional and declarative approaches to programming and will master techniques that make Clojure elegant and efficient.

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yayitsweiAug 2023

From the discussion here (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37000562) it seems like there are many people have shown interest in Clojure but never tried to learn it or couldn't make it stick. So I thought I'd share my favorite resources when I was learning Clojure:

Programming Clojure https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Clojure-Stuart-Halloway/dp/1934356867

The Joy of Clojure https://www.manning.com/books/the-joy-of-clojure-second-edition

The Bay Area Clojure User Group https://www.meetup.com/the-bay-area-clojure-user-group/ (unfortunately it looks like their last event was in 2022)

What are some resources you all have found useful?

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dmichulkeNov 2022

Do you have any resources that make PowerShell intuitive?

I've been using bash for ages but PS looks like a verbose, wildly disorganized language, possibly optimized for Windows idiosyncrasies. I have difficulties remembering just the syntax for getting the list of environment variables.

> what other languages I might enjoy solving problems in

Clojure - as intro I had "The Joy of Clojure" by Michael Fogus

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dgb23Jun 2021

Two things that accelerated my learning:

1. There are several fantastic books on Clojure. The Joy of Clojure and Elements of Clojure are some of my favorites.

2. Watching a professional using an editor/IDE with a REPL attached to it. Look for online videos. This is the biggest reason to why people are „addicted“ to it. The language and it’s ecosystem are made in a way that enables this „living in the code“ experience.

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goostavosJul 2020

I don't think there's a single best Clojure book, so I'll recommend several (all available on Safari if you have that). For general language, syntax, idioms:

* The Joy of Clojure (whirlwind tour of the language and Clojure philosophy.) * Brave Clojure (A very wordy, hand-holdy approach. I really like this one for dense topics like core.async which can take time to wrap your head around) * Programming Clojure - just an all around solid reference. Once you've got a command of the language, this becomes more valuable imo .

Now, there's a large gap between knowing Clojure's syntax and writing effective programs in the language. Clojure is not Python, or Haskell, or Java, and, as such, you don't build programs in the same way. So, as a final recommendation, I'd suggest the book Clojure Applied. This book deals with going from "I know the language" to "I know how to build things in the language"

For the web, get ready to beat your head against a wall for hours and hours on end ^_^. Lisp's "small pieces" philosophy is both a blessing and a curse. Outside of a framework called Luminus, and a few leiningen templates, the way to do things in Clojure land is by stitching a bunch of ad-hoc libraries together by hand, which means a lot of evaluation of not-too-popular github repos.

Once you've got everything dialed in though, it's an absolute joy to use.

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dustingetzJun 2020

Joy of Clojure https://www.manning.com/books/the-joy-of-clojure-second-edit...

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iLemmingJul 2019

One of the best practical Clojure books in my opinion is this one: https://www.manning.com/books/clojure-the-essential-referenc.... IMO it's a second "must read" book after "Joy of Clojure 2nd ed."

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