Sam, thanks for the pointer to quilt. Looks really cool. I'm starting to imagine a project with quilt and overtone together! Regards, Bill On May 11, 2012 3:34 PM, "Sam Aaron" <samaa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In addition to following up on all the great suggestions above, I'd hack > about with Quil; it's a lot of fun and you'll get instant feedback. You'll > also very quickly run into the fun that is juggling pure fns, lazy > sequences and orchestrating side effects (to sketch stuff). > > http://github.com/quil/quil > > -- > http://sam.aaron.name > > > On Friday, 11 May 2012 at 18:26, Daniel Gagnon wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 8:48 PM, toan <kidn...@gmail.com (mailto: > kidn...@gmail.com)> wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > I've been trying to learn clojure for a while. I've read the clojure > > > section of "seven languages..." and currently trying to get through > > > "joy of clojure." I've been practicing with the prompt a bit and > > > trying to learn emacs that came with "clojurebox." > > > > > > The clojure part of "seven languages" isn't very idiomatic. > > > > Try Programming Clojure 2n Edition by Stuart Halloway, I think it's the > best learning book. > > > > And clojurebox is quite outdated give a try to lein and the clooj editor. > > > > > I have 2 questions, 1. does anyone have advice on getting somewhat > > > competent for a newb? (alternatively, how did you get good?) > > > > > > Code until it "clicks", then progress gets much faster. > > > > > 2. if i > > > have no interest in java, should a learn at least some fundamentals? > > > would that be helpful? > > > > > > Try reading some javadoc and see if it makes sense to you. Learning Java > isn't critical to start but eventually, you'll want to use Java libraries > and then it's best to have some basics. > > > > > -- > > > 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 (mailto: > 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 (mailto: > clojure%2bunsubscr...@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 (mailto: > 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 (mailto: > 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 > -- 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
