Show interactive programing with the REPL. For example implementing a data transformation function incrementally in the REPL.
By starting with an example of input. And successively bringing it closer to the final output. (Threading macros work great for that). I showed it to a few java developers who knew only TDD (or worst `public static void main`). Most of them were very impressed On Oct 6, 2013 12:01 AM, "bernardH" <un.compte.pour.tes...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I intend to (ab)use my authority as a teacher to enlighten unsuspecting students > about Clojure. > > On the plus side, I may give them insights that they did not even know > they needed. On the minus side, I cannot expect (all of) them to be > curious about Clojure. > > Hence, I want to make a "demand driven" introduction. > > My goal is to : > 1. identify what novelties Clojure brings to the table to Java developers > - homoiconicity : macros > - syntaxing sugar (e.g ->, cond) > - programming paradigms as libraries > - core.logic > - core.async > - dynamic typing > - simple concurrency handling : > - immutable data structures > - ref > - atoms > - STM > - open-ended dynamic dispatching (protocols, namespaced vs. monkey patching) > - multiple dispatching (multimethods) > - maps instead of classes (no privacy & accessors needed thx to > dynamic typing and immutable data) and composable libraries instead > of frameworks. > > 2. For as many of those features as possible, I'd like to find a minimal use case that will be : > - genuinely interesting (so that they find it beliveable that they > might actually want to solve a similar problem) > > - complex (if possible hard!) / tedious to solve in Java (I will provide the Java code) > > - simple (if possible easy) to solve in Clojure. > > > The idea being that they would conclude from : > 1. that the want to solve these problems > 2. that Java won't help them much but Clojure would help them a lot > > (+ 1. 2.) → > 3. They want to learn Clojure ! ☺ > > I'd be most grateful for any help, either to complete/amend my list in 1., or to provide ideas for 2. > > > Best Regards, > > B. > > -- > -- > 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
