+1 for JOC. It's a fantastic book. Chris
On Friday, August 29, 2014 6:28:25 PM UTC-7, Paul L. Snyder wrote: > > On Fri, 29 Aug 2014, Sam Raker wrote: > > > I'm just not sure what to do at this point in my Clojure learning > > experience. I've probably written a few thousand lines of Clojure at > this > > point, but I'm not sure that I'm doing things "right:" I don't know if > my > > code is efficient, or even idiomatic. I've know next to nothing about > Java, > > and Clojure is my first introduction to functional programming. There > are > > so many fun, exciting, awesome-seeming things in Clojure that I want to > > take advantage of, like reference types and futures, but I have no point > of > > reference for them and feel like I'm having trouble wrapping my head > around > > them. > > It sounds like you're at the perfect moment to hit up _The Joy of > Clojure_. > The second edition came out recently, so it should be nicely current. My > copy of 2e is on my in-pile, so I can't yet comment specifically on the > updates, but its approach is aimed directly at what you seem to be looking > for: why Clojure is Clojure, and what you can do about it. > > http://joyofclojure.com/ > > Paul > -- 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.
