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Clojure for the Brave and True by Daniel Higginbotham

Clojure for the Brave and True

Learn the Ultimate Language and Become a Better Programmer

Daniel Higginbotham

No Starch Press · Print & ebook · October 15, 2015

For weeks, months—nay!—from the very moment you were born, you’ve felt it calling to you.

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Who it’s for
Get into Clojure through real programs, with Lisp and functional programming introduced along the way.
Themes
Clojure programming, Functional programming, Concurrency and parallel programming
Pacing
Steady

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About this book

For weeks, months—nay!—from the very moment you were born, you’ve felt it calling to you. At long last you’ll be united with the programming language you’ve been longing for: Clojure! As a Lisp-style functional programming language, Clojure lets you write robust and elegant code, and because it runs on the Java Virtual Machine, you can take advantage of the vast Java ecosystem.

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Clojure for the Brave and True offers a "dessert-first" approach: you’ll start playing with real programs immediately, as you steadily acclimate to the abstract but powerful features of Lisp and functional programming. Inside you’ll find an offbeat, practical guide to Clojure, filled with quirky sample programs that catch cheese thieves and track glittery vampires. Learn how to: –Wield Clojure’s core functions –Use Emacs for Clojure development –Write macros to modify Clojure itself –Use Clojure’s tools to simplify concurrency and parallel programming Clojure for the Brave and True assumes no prior experience with Clojure, the Java Virtual Machine, or functional programming. Are you ready, brave reader, to meet your true destiny? Grab your best pair of parentheses—you’re about to embark on an epic journey into the world of Clojure!

Playful, Practical Clojure

Get into Clojure through real programs, with Lisp and functional programming introduced along the way.

Come here for

  • A hands-on start with Clojure’s core functions
  • Quirky examples involving cheese thieves and glittery vampires

Expect

  • An offbeat guide that builds toward Lisp’s more abstract ideas
  • Coverage of Emacs, macros, and concurrency

Where it sits

Programming Languages48%
Programming Basics33%
Java Programming26%

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Publisher categories

  • Programming Languages
  • Java Programming
Authors
Daniel Higginbotham
Publisher
No Starch Press
Published
October 15, 2015
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Clojure programming · Functional programming · Concurrency and parallel programming
Reading lane
Programming Languages