My first Clojure "app" was a CLI utility that pulled data from a SQL database, mapped records into another form, and pushed them into a search engine app. It took me about 3 weeks to do that with no lisp experience at all, and I was super rusty on Java at that point. It was "hard", but I really only remember that as a very enjoyable learning experience. I don't think Clojure is any more difficult than language X, Y or Z really. From what I've seen from other developers, it's mostly a matter of getting over the parens/syntax (seriously). Once that's over, it's like any other language - it'll all click - "variables", conditionals, functions, state etc.. Just get started, don't hesitate. Peel back the layers one at a time and enjoy the learning experience. After a while, you might even find yourself preferring Clojure (those parens are there for a really good reason), and then eventually, every other language will look inferior (just kidding, maybe).
More to your question though - Clojure can definitely be used to build websites. A minimalist toolset would be (think Sinatra or Express) Ring and Bidi or Compojure. Throw in some common Ring middleware (static assets, sessions, file-type info) and you're getting somewhere. If you want something like Rails, I'm sure others here could recommend something. - Matt On Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 5:39:43 PM UTC-4, Xman wrote: > > It's been many years of postponing learning programming, because I > considered the popular languages of that time not right. > It took me nearly 3 years to learn and build a website using another stack > (I wont advertise here), > and without having much previous knowledge in programming. I have not > deployed the website yet. > I would like to know if Clojure is a great option to make websites ? > > I found out that there are new features on the web that Clojure is better > for, but I don't use those features in the present. > When I choose to learn a language I decide by myself, and after listening > to a video talk, it gives me reasons to think that its better. > I want to learn the language and "frameworks" (or how to create the > architecture) much quicker than previous attempt. > > I'd like to know if its possible to do that in less than 6 months or if I > should stay with the framework I know ? > -- 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.
