Living Clojure

If you’re an experienced programmer looking for a thorough but gentle introduction to Clojure, this is the perfect guide for you. Author Carin Meier not only provides a practical overview of this JVM language and its functional programming concepts, but also includes a complete hands-on training course to help you learn Clojure in a structured way.

The first half of the book takes you through Closure’s unique design and lets you try your hand at two Clojure projects, including a web app. The holistic course in second half provides you with critical tools and resources, including ways to plug into the Clojure community.

• Understand the basic structure of a Clojure expression
• Learn how to shape and control code in a functional way
• Discover how Clojure handles real-world state and concurrency
• Take advantage of Java classes and learn how Clojure handles polymorphism
• Manage and use libraries in a Clojure project
• Use the core.async library for asynchronous and concurrent communication
• Explore the power of macros in Clojure programming
• Learn how to think in Clojure by following the book’s seven-week training course

Table of Contents

Part I. A Guided Tour of Clojure
Chapter 1. The Structure of Clojure
Chapter 2. Flow and Functional Transformations
Chapter 3. State and Concurrency
Chapter 4. Java Interop and Polymorphism
Chapter 5. How to Use Clojure Projects and Libraries
Chapter 6. Communication with core.async
Chapter 7. Creating Web Applications with Clojure
Chapter 8. The Power of Macros

Part II. Living Clojure Training Program
Chapter 9. Joining the Clojure Community
Chapter 10. Weekly Living Clojure Training Plan
Chapter 11. Further Adventures