Thanks, Jerrod, this is great advice. Thanks so much!
On Mar 21, 2014, at 6:53 PM, Jarrod Swart <jcsw...@gmail.com> wrote: > A tip if you are completely stuck on 4clojure: > > Often the 4clojure problem will say you can't use a particular function. The > first thing I would do is go look at the source code for that function, then > I would try to find other functions with similar functionality. > > Much like learning to paint or write, you have to copy first. Eventually > looking through all that source code you will start to develop a sense of how > a problem can be solved, and in giving any solution 4clojure lets you look at > the solutions of others. Look at the most prolific 4clojure users, their > solutions will teach you a lot. Look up the functions they used. In order > to learn to "Think in Clojure" you need to understand how someone who already > can\does did what they did. > > Another general tip is to harness momentum, when I started learning I picked > one thing that I could completely finish in a day. And the trick is to dream > small, some things I did: > List the files in a directory and sort them by type. > A crypto-quote assist\solver. > A small text based adventure game. > > The goal is to get a WHOLE thing done, even if it is a small thing. I did > this 2-3 times a week. Porting old code you have done before in another > language is great too because the big issue here will be learning to turn > OO\Imperative code into functional code. > > I also wrote a blog post listing the resources I used when just getting > started: http://jarrodswart.com/beginner-resources-clojure/, and a super > friendly 10k foot view of the reduce function: > http://jarrodswart.com/clojure-like-im-five-reduce-functions/. > > Hope this helps, > Jarrod > > -- > 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/d/optout. Best, Marcus Marcus Blankenship \\\ Problem Solver, Linear Thinker \\\ 541.805.2736 \ @justzeros \ skype:marcuscreo -- 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/d/optout.
