Excellent news! Looking forward to receiving my hard-copy, though haven't yet heard when it's shipping.
On Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 7:32:57 PM UTC-4, Daniel Higginbotham wrote: > > Clojure for the Brave and True <http://www.braveclojure.com/> is now > available in print and ebook form <http://amzn.to/1UxrITn>, and the web > site has been updated to incorporate all the changes that went into the > print book. The web site remains 100% free :) > > In case you'd like to know more about the book: one of my goals was to > explain concepts thoroughly and entertainingly. > > "Thoroughly" because of my own difficulties learning Clojure. For example, > when I was first learning Clojure I thought the state constructs were very > neat, but I didn't have the conceptual foundation to truly understand them > and integrate them in my work. (I came from Ruby, where concurrency was too > much of a hassle to bother with.) I didn't even have a clear idea of what a > thread is. So, in the concurrency chapter, I try to explain what concurrent > and parallel programming are and why they matter (and what threads are) > before explaining atoms and refs and so forth. > > "Entertainingly" because otherwise it would be too tedious to complete the > book. Plus, as a learner I think it's easier to stay focused and remember > material if it makes you laugh. I'm really happy with the concurrency > chapter in this regard too, where concurrency is explained in terms of the > classic computer science example of Lady Gaga's song "Telephone," also > known as the "I cannot text you with a drink in my hand, eh" problem. > > My other main goal was to provide the Clojure community with a free, > high-quality online book for beginners. There are other great free > resources available, like Clojure from the Ground Up ( > https://aphyr.com/tags/Clojure-from-the-ground-up), but I figure one more > doesn't hurt. Clojure is one of the best things to happen to my career, and > I hope my contribution helps the community :) > > Thanks! > Daniel > > > p.s. Thank you everyone who helped yesterday's launch go so well! > -- 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.
