Clojure programming

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1. 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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2. digganApr 2020
   Yeah, "Clojure For The Brave and True" (CFTBT) is perfect for your first steps with Clojure, then diving into the deeper/bigger books. In the beginning I basically used CFTBT as a tutorial/guide for finding concepts then using "Clojure Programming" (O'Reilly Media, by Chas Emerick + more) as a reference if I wanted to dive deeper into a specific concept, as "Clojure Programming" goes a lot deeper into subjects, but the subjects don't feel like they are in any particular order in the book itself.

   I think the lightweight humor and good explanations is what kept me from getting discouraged, as some Clojure books did to me before I came across CFTBT.

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3. raspasovAug 2018
   The Clojure Programming book, it's excellent both for beginners and advanced users (I've been using Clojure since 2013).

   https://www.amazon.com/Clojure-Programming-Practical-Lisp-Wo...

   A lot of tips and insight of how to do and not to do things in Clojure without too much hype. "Practical Lisp for the Java World" - the title does not lie :).

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4. PaulHouleJul 2017
   If you choose Clojure get

   https://www.amazon.com/Clojure-Programming-Practical-Lisp-Wo...

   and

   https://www.amazon.com/Clojure-Cookbook-Recipes-Functional-P...

   these two books are much better than the free documentation for learning how to "Think in Clojure". Expect to read them over and over again, maybe sitting on the bus, spinning at the gym, or any time you can.

   Conceive of a cool demo that would get upvoted on HN, be put on your LinkedIn page, get talked about at an interview. Start with something small and scale up until it "clicks"

   I would recommend Python as a practical language which I see customers asking for by name. Python has great libraries for making web sites and apps, as well as data analysis, graphing, "intelligent" applications involving machine learning, etc. Python lets you get the abstract syntax tree from the compiler and transform it, so LISP-style metaprogramming is convenient and mainstream.

   I have been paid to write Scala and I do not think it is a better choice than Clojure, Python or even Java. C# is the best "better Java" at the moment, although Java is slowly catching up. If you want type systems and static metaprogramming that will blow your mind, learn the very latest in C++.

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5. plinkplonkJan 2017
   The best Clojure book in my personal experience (and fwiw) is O'Reilly's "Clojure Programming" by Chas Emerick, Brian Carper, and Christophe Grand. Extremely clear writing, and very knowledgeable authors. I really enjoyed working through the book.

   Due Disclosure:

   1. I was an experienced Haskell and Java programmer, when I read the books, so I didn't have to go through any culture shocks wrt either Java or FP.

   2. I have used Clojure only for toy projects. My 'daily use' tools are Haskell, C and Lua.

   3. I am not in the audience targeted by 'cute cartoons and corny jokes' books. the _why style, nothing wrong with that, I just find most of this 'cute' style to be wasting my time. If it works for you that is awesome

   4. I found the tooling around Clojure weird and unintuitive, especially Leiningen. Apparently there are better alternatives now

   All that said, if I had to work on the JVM again, I'd use Clojure in a heartbeat. If I start a Clojure based company, Clojure Programming would be what I ask new employees who are unfamiliar with Clojure to work through.

   I can't recommend the book enough. There was some talk of an updated edition, which I'd buy the instant it came out.

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6. fsiefkenMar 2016
   That's a very broad question, so I read your comments to get a feel from where you might be coming from and/or going to and where you and I might overlap:

   * Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Antifragile, things that gain from disorder http://www.amazon.com/Antifragile-Things-That-Disorder-Incer...

   * Jared Diamond. The World until yesterday, what can we learn from traditional societies http://www.amazon.com/World-Until-Yesterday-Traditional-Soci...

   * Frans de Waal. The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates http://www.amazon.com/Bonobo-Atheist-Search-Humanism-Primate...

   * John Higgs. The KLF: Chaos, Magic... http://www.amazon.com/KLF-Chaos-Magic-Music-Money-ebook/dp/B...

   * Joseph Jaworski. Synchronicity, the inner Path of leadership http://www.amazon.com/Synchronicity-The-Inner-Path-Leadershi...

   * Piero Ferrucci. Your Inner Will, finding personal strength in critical times http://www.amazon.com/Your-Inner-Will-Personal-Strength/dp/0...

   * William Irvine. A Guide to the good life, the ancient art of stoic joy http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Good-Life-Ancient-Stoic/dp/01953...

   * Chogyam Trungpa. Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior http://www.amazon.com/Shambhala-Sacred-Warrior-Chogyam-Trung...

   * Tomas Malik. Patience with God: The Story of Zacchaeus Continuing In Us http://www.amazon.com/Patience-God-Story-Zacchaeus-Continuin...

   * Nick Winter. The Motivation Hacker http://www.amazon.com/Motivation-Hacker-Nick-Winter/dp/09892...

   * Chas Emerick, Brian Carper, Christophe Grad. Clojure Programming http://www.amazon.com/Clojure-Programming-Chas-Emerick/dp/14...

   Fiction:

   * Peter Hamilton - The Reality Dysfunction

   * Neal Stephenson - Cryptonomicon (his other hit: Snow Crash is surprisingly more history then SF now...)

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