Clojure is a dynamic language for the Java Virtual Machine, with a compelling combination of features: Clojure is elegant. Clojure's clean, careful...
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Nov 05, 2011
Rich
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I first heard about Clojure at Strangeloop a little over a month ago. Many of the participants of the conference were newly minted clojure programmers and enthusiasts, so I got interested. As it happens I had also recently fallen in love with the function programming constructs in in Python. I wanted more access to the power of functional programming, but I hadn't found a language that I felt I could do real work with. I attended several talks relating to Clojure, including Rich Hickey's fan
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Jul 13, 2010
John
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Context matters a lot. I am an avid functional programmer, and I read straight through this book without problem and found it to be at an entirely appropriate level. This makes me worried that this book might be too terse if this is your first book about a functional programming language. I would not call that a criticism so much as a fear, it is something to consider if you are thinking about buying this book. That aside, from my context, this is a pretty good book. This book focuses on a lot o
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Sep 06, 2010
Ben
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Good introduction to the language and also includes some gentle introductions to certain aspects FP for those who are unfamiliar with them. Consider this a survey of the language and don't expect it to go too deep on too many parts. All in all it is a good intro and good first clojure book.
Jul 12, 2011
Stefan
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A quick ready, fast introduction to Clojure, but still The Joy of Clojure was a bit better...
Still waiting for the hands-on book on Clojure that would be more 'recipes' oriented...
Still waiting for the hands-on book on Clojure that would be more 'recipes' oriented...
Jan 03, 2011
Collin
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It's a bit outdated, but gives a good overview on all clojure features. I think it's best to use when you already have a bit of experience with the language... I may be a bit rough to use it as a starting point.
Sep 18, 2009
Jonathan
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I thought this book was very well written and very well organized. The examples lead you through language features in a very progressive way. The sample app that wraps ant with a clojure dsl is also a very good example and offers good utility while providing good coverage of the language features. I think that anyone looking to learn a new JVM language should consider clojure, and the quality of this book is one of the reasons.
Jan 26, 2012
Algirdas
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Nice introduction to Clojure (and functional programming for anyone who used only imperative programming so far).
Feb 18, 2010
Brendan
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A great introduction to the language. A tad out-of-date now, but still generally applicable.
Mar 28, 2011
Chris
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Programming Clojure was informative, had great examples and covered Clojure well. The writing was very comfortable.
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