Yeah, I agree that it was pretty good. I like that you have a non-trivial working application at the end of it. My one criticism is that it's too hard to try to follow along and write the code as you go because there are too many changes from each step to step that aren't discussed in the screencast, you just have to look at the code.
Also, it does glaze over too many topics to be useful for a beginner, so I'm not sure that explaining some basic concepts as they come up but not others does anyone any good. Stu's book is much better for a beginner, but if you have been doing Clojure for a little while, this is a great screencast. On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 6:51 AM, Jennifer Morgan < jennifermorgan2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I though the screen cast was really very good,especially as it gives a > good overview of how to break up your code and about packaging. It > does go a bit quick, but I found that by re-watching + reading the > code at the same time very helpful. It a useful demo to see the power > and conciseness of clojure ;-) > > > On 26/04/2009, Andrew Wagner <wagner.and...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Just to provide a review - I must say, I really wanted to like this > > screencast, and failed, unfortunately. It tries to cover everything from > > "what is functional programming?" (tracing through passing functional > > arguments, and basic map/reduce stuff, for example) to the intricacies of > > STM use and clojure syntax/semantics. While all of these are worthwhile > > talks, trying to cover all of them in an hour means flying through them > and > > really barely getting into any of them. > > > > On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Phil Hagelberg <p...@hagelb.org> wrote: > > > >> > >> I'm proud to announce that the "Functional Programming with Clojure" > >> PeepCode screencast has just been published: > >> > >> http://peepcode.com/products/functional-programming-with-clojure > >> > >> It's a professionally-produced 65-minute video that introduces all the > >> foundational concepts of Clojure by stepping through the creation of a > >> multiplayer text adventure game. If you've been looking for a quick > >> way to get up to speed on Clojure, this is your ticket. > >> > >> The screencast is sold for $9, and there's a preview available: > >> > >> http://peepcode.com/system/uploads/2009/peepcode-clojure-preview.mov > >> > >> Hope you like it! > >> > >> -Phil Hagelberg > >> > >> http://technomancy.us > >> > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
