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Clojure
Many hackers swear by LISP, and just like any other programmer coming from OOPS background I was skeptical about functional programming. When I started learning it, it wasn't straight forward (for an OOP developer), but I persisted and when I reached what's called REPL driven development I was blown away.
Clojure is a dialect of LISP, and it was smartly designed to be hosted and not compiled, which means that when you learn it, you can target multiple platforms like Java runtime, Common Language Runtime, JavaScript and Dart platforms, hence your job potential will be huge.
Clojure and all LISP based languages, surprisingly has only one syntax, which makes it simple and unimaginably powerful, and hence makes it easier to learn compared to other languages, and hence I feel it could be great first programming language for many who had never coded before.
Join me in this wonderful journey to learn a dialect of a language which refuses to die and rises like phoenix.
Clojure is a dialect of LISP, and it was smartly designed to be hosted and not compiled, which means that when you learn it, you can target multiple platforms like Java runtime, Common Language Runtime, JavaScript and Dart platforms, hence your job potential will be huge.
Clojure and all LISP based languages, surprisingly has only one syntax, which makes it simple and unimaginably powerful, and hence makes it easier to learn compared to other languages, and hence I feel it could be great first programming language for many who had never coded before.
Join me in this wonderful journey to learn a dialect of a language which refuses to die and rises like phoenix.
280 pages, Paperback
Published March 22, 2023
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March 3, 2024
This book is made of notes from someone that are exploring and learning Clojure. This approach is interesting as it allows learning through the reading, but there are many gaps in the content. My analysis (As of Feb 2024 - Amazon Kindle Version)
Pros
- Straightforward book direct to the concepts
- Code examples for readers play around
- Exercises to get used on the topics
- Many of the examples are based on REPL experimentation
Cons
- Book feel little raw, with side notes and things to explain that is left open (e. g., do not bother with that, see it later) and a few is not explained at all (e. g., spec section)
- There are many typos on the book, an automatic grammar check or share with some peers before release would get spot them
- Some outputs of REPL are not showing or are different from book
- There are some mismatches between code on text, and code on the examples (e. g., regex section)
Pros
- Straightforward book direct to the concepts
- Code examples for readers play around
- Exercises to get used on the topics
- Many of the examples are based on REPL experimentation
Cons
- Book feel little raw, with side notes and things to explain that is left open (e. g., do not bother with that, see it later) and a few is not explained at all (e. g., spec section)
- There are many typos on the book, an automatic grammar check or share with some peers before release would get spot them
- Some outputs of REPL are not showing or are different from book
- There are some mismatches between code on text, and code on the examples (e. g., regex section)
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