If Robocode is fun to you, why not do that then: http://nakkaya.com/2010/07/06/controlling-robocode-engine-from-clojure/ http://www.fatvat.co.uk/2009/05/clojure-and-robocode.html
There's also been a thread on this group about the same topic a while ago. Hope this helps Andreas On 19 September 2011 10:39, Zack Maril <thewitzb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Confession:The best way I have found to learn a language is to pick a > girl and make something that impresses her. > > When I was learning to use Node.js, I made a chat room for my > girlfriend and I to talk in when we doing a long distance > relationship. It had a sassy robot that pulled pictures of lolcats > from reddit on command. Another weekend, I made a robot that would > sext pickup lines if a girl messaged the right number. The simpler a > project sounds, "a flirty robot that I can sext!", the more > complicated the implementation will be. Although it was easy to do in > node, I imagine that making a sexting robot service with clojure would > make you learn a great deal about state if you tried to go from simple > pick up lines to a robot that could conduct multiple conversations at > once with several different people/numbers. > > It's what has worked for me and will probably be the technique I use > for the foreseeable future. The idea is limited to topics that can be > wrapped up into packages to impress women, but that is really just a > exercise in imagination and creativity. Make friends with a math major > and a whole field of abstract topics crop up that are fair game. > > Good luck! > -Zack a.k.a American College Male > > P.S. I am extremely sorry if females feel left out by this advice. > This is what has worked for me as a guy wishing to learn programming. > I wish I had advice for you that would be more useful if you were > trying to learn a language. If you generalized to make something you > would want to show your friends, then it is probably still pretty > applicable. > >>On Sep 17, 3:23 am, Thorsten Wilms <t...@freenet.de> wrote: >> On 09/16/2011 11:50 PM, Dennis Haupt wrote: >> >> > i feel compelled to do something more complex in clojure. not too big, >> > but bigger than what fits in 100 lines and offers some chances to use >> > macros. >> > it should also be fun, maybe something like robocode. >> >> Something that is not primitive but may stay small or at least has >> clearly defined boundaries right from start ... if you rule out pure >> logic puzzles, this does point to games, I think. >> >> There are so many simple games, some of which must have been implemented >> a million times. You could try to do one of those, but with a twist, >> perhaps. >> >> Like a Pacman, but where you steer the ghosts (only one at a time, >> changing the direction it heads to). >> >> Dungeonmaster-Sokoban, where you have to push boxes to create a path >> that will lead to the hero's death, once he arrives. That without >> trapping your own worker. >> >> OR, you look for an existing project, where you could implement a >> missing feature. Ideally one where you could interact with the >> author/contributors via IRC.http://www.webnoir.org/might be a >> candidate, where a comment system or tagging come to mind (I'm not >> affiliated and don't know if something like that is underway, already). >> >> -- >> Thorsten Wilms >> >> thorwil's design for free software:http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ > > -- > 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 -- ********************************************************** Andreas Koestler, Software Engineer Leica Geosystems Pty Ltd 270 Gladstone Road, Dutton Park QLD 4102 Main: +61 7 3891 9772 Direct: +61 7 3117 8808 Fax: +61 7 3891 9336 Email: andreas.koest...@leica-geosystems.com ************www.leica-geosystems.com************* when it has to be right, Leica Geosystems Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- 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
