I'm interested! The clojure source code is a pretty good read, hehe
Jonathan https://github.com/clojure/clojure/tree/master/src/clj/clojure On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Chris Perkins <chrisperkin...@gmail.com>wrote: > On May 9, 2:21 am, Christian Schuhegger > <christian.schuheg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello list, > > > > I have a question that perhaps may be relevant for more people. I > > strongly believe that reading code of other people is an undervalued > > discipline of all developers. Typically it just happens as a side > > effect of working in a project with other people. Like that a style of > > development evolves in a programming language community. > > > > You may think of projects written by other people what you like (well > > done, poorly done), but I believe that it is always beneficial to read > > code written by other people. I've done that in C++ and Java quite a > > bit (ACE framework, TAO orb, STLport, Java Swing libraries, Java > > Spring libraries, Apache Commons libraries, JBoss SEAM, ...). > > > > I am writing programs in Common Lisp since 1995, but up to now I never > > worked in Lisp projects with more than me being involved. There are > > definitely many well written Lisp projects out there and books like > > PAIP may definitely help, too, but I was wondering if there are any > > larger domain specific open-source projects written in Clojure out > > there that you would recommend for reading as some sort of best > > practice guide? I was thinking about leiningen or cake, but I would > > prefer projects that are closer to fulfilling a business purpose than > > a technical purpose like a build system. If the project then also > > would have a good documentation then that would be perfect :) > > > > Any suggestions from your side? > > > > I have been thinking for while that it would be great to have > something equivalent to book clubs for reading code. A group could > meet weekly, all having read the same moderate-sized project, and > discuss. I wonder if this could be made to work as a web-app, where > you can sign up, state your areas of interest, and have a weekly > reading assignment emailed. Then you could meet on IRC or something. > Just a thought. > > Having said that, I don't have any specific suggestions for you, but > I'm also interested in seeing what answers you get. > > - Chris Perkins > > -- > 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 > -- 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
