Great idea Alex! I'll be waiting for the book воскресенье, 31 августа 2014 г., 1:58:18 UTC+7 пользователь Alex Miller написал: > > Hi Sam, > > I am working on a book for Pragmatic Programmers with Ben Vandgrift called > "Clojure Applied" that is target specifically at people like yourself. Our > goal is to bridge the gap between knowing the syntax and basics of the > language to knowing how to apply it in building applications. The first > half of the book is in tech review now and it will likely be a beta book in > October or November with final release in early 2015. > > I would also certainly encourage you to read code and understand the > libraries you use (or Clojure itself) at a deeper level! > > Alex > > On Friday, August 29, 2014 7:14:36 PM UTC-5, Sam Raker wrote: >> >> I worked my way through *Clojure Programming* (Emerick, Carper, & Grand, >> O'Reilly), and I've started writing my own Clojure (porting over an >> unfinished Python project that seemed amenable to the Clojure treatment.) I >> really love the language, but I'm not sure where to go from here. >> >> My other main language is Python, which I learned in school, and also >> found a bunch of intermediate/non-introductory resources for, like the >> awesome, short, topic-oriented monographs (for lack of a better term) by >> Matt Harrison (e.g., >> http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Learning-Iteration-Generators-Python-ebook/dp/B007JR4FCQ/ref=sr_1_3). >> >> These really helped me understand some of the less-obvious/less-intro parts >> of Python, and the stuff I learned in school helped me learn what idiomatic >> Python looked/"felt" like. >> >> 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. >> >> I've come to realize that I learn best from books, and while code >> literacy is something I need to work on, "read the sourcecode [for library >> X]" isn't going to help me that much, unless it's aggressively >> commented/documented. I don't really want another intro book, since I'd >> rather not pay for too much overlap, and while I'll happily accept >> recommendations for application-/domain-specific books, I'm more looking >> for a deeper dive into the language itself. >> >> I'm being really difficult about this, and I'm sorry in advance. Any and >> all suggestions are welcome. Thanks guys! >> >
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