I just found out three books on closure, please tell me which is the best one to start with?
1 - The Joy of Clojure 2 - Programming Clojure 3 - Practical Clojure On Jun 8, 9:03 pm, Santosh M <santoshvmadhyas...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you all for the suggestions. > Will keep posting my queries on the google groups. :) > > On Jun 8, 12:33 pm, hci <huahai.y...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I was in the same boat last year. My experience with Clojure started > > with Java interop, by writing Clojure code to solve some small > > problems using existing Java libraries. For example, I used Clojure to > > fetch and process application logs in a MySQL database and visualize > > the results with a Java graph library. These experience got me into > > productive mode quickly and became familiar with the syntax of the > > language. > > > However, I was not transformed into a Clojure programmer by just doing > > Java-interop because I was still thinking in Java way. It should be > > noted that the Clojure way is very different from the Java way. A > > transformation in thinking is necessary. I did the transformation by > > studying the Joy of Clojure book and did programming exercise on > > 4clojure.com. The former showed me the Clojure way and I practiced > > walking the way with the later. A good thing about 4clojure.com is > > that there is an immediate feedback on how well one does. The code > > either pass the unit tests or not. If it passes, one can see how short > > their own code compared with others. In searching a shorter solution, > > one often learns some functional tricks. Also, the site forces one to > > work with core Clojure functions only, and the use of def is not > > allowed. > > > On Jun 7, 12:30 pm, Santosh M <santoshvmadhyas...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I want to learn clojure. I already know Java. Please tell me how to > > > proceed. > > > > Regards > > > > Santosh -- 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
