So in idiomatic Clojure applications, maps are considered like objects? And to operate on them we pass them to functions?
On Sep 3, 4:55 am, David Nolen <dnolen.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 9:29 PM, HB <hubaghd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hey, > > I finished reading "Programming Clojure" and "Practical Clojure" and > > I'm hooked :) > > Please count me in the Clojure club. > > But I failed how to think in Clojure. > > My main career is around Java web applications (Hibernate, Spring, > > Lucene) and Web services. > > Lets not talk about Java web frameworks neither Clojure ones, I want > > to talk in general. > > Usually we create some domain entities, map them with Hibernate/ > > iBatis. > > I don't know how a Clojure application would be build without objects. > > I think Scala really shines here, this OOP/FP is really powerful > > approach (please note I'm not saying Clojure isn't good, I don't seel > > flame war) > > How to think in Clojure? how to achieve this shift? > > It does require a significant shift in thinking. I think you'll be surprised > how far maps and functions will take you if you're used to thinking in OOP. > > And contrary to popular belief Clojure is also a hybrid OOP/FP approach: > multimethods, protocols, deftype, defrecord, definterface, etc. will let you > utilize the better aspects of OOP design. However you should be cautious to > reach for these. They are easily misapplied. Stick with the core > datastructures (maps, vectors, sets, lists) and fns and you'll do just fine. > > David -- 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 Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. 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
