After reading the comments above, I managed to convince my boss (a former lisp hacker) to shell out for the peepcode screencasts for me...
Overall I'd also say that I agree with the majority of comments found here. The quality of the screencasts is excellent, and the material is well presented; however the comments of others certainly hold true. Put briefly the screencast hasn't really chosen it's audience. If like me, you have been tinkering with clojure for a few months and are beginning to get more serious with it then you'll likely find the screencast a worthwhile purchase. The code example (a basic socket based Multi User Dungeon) is excellent and provides a good demonstration of clojure's concurrency primitives. The code appears idiomatic with coverage of namespaces and code layout in a moderately sized example being invaluable too. I just wish the discussion of "why clojure", multi-core, basic syntax, map/reduce etc... had been left out for a more introductory screencast. I felt that for a beginner, unfamiliar with lisp or functional programming these sections went far too quickly, whilst for the more initiated they left less time for the 'good stuff'. Anyway, I learned a few things from the screencast; and though I'm confident I would have picked them up anyway this screencast feels like a good way to cement your existing knowledge and perhaps pick up a few tricks on the way. It's good to see clojure getting this kind of coverage. Keep it coming! :-) R. 2009/4/27 Andrew Wagner <wagner.and...@gmail.com>: > I can agree with that, for the most part. But if you've been doing clojure > for a while, why cover basic syntax, basic map/reduce stuff, etc.? The time > could have been spent more usefully. It just failed to pick an audience and > stick with it, that's all. > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Paul Barry <pauljbar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Yeah, I agree that it was pretty good. I like that you have a non-trivial >> working application at the end of it. My one criticism is that it's too >> hard to try to follow along and write the code as you go because there are >> too many changes from each step to step that aren't discussed in the >> screencast, you just have to look at the code. >> >> Also, it does glaze over too many topics to be useful for a beginner, so >> I'm not sure that explaining some basic concepts as they come up but not >> others does anyone any good. Stu's book is much better for a beginner, but >> if you have been doing Clojure for a little while, this is a great >> screencast. >> >> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 6:51 AM, Jennifer Morgan >> <jennifermorgan2...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I though the screen cast was really very good,especially as it gives a >>> good overview of how to break up your code and about packaging. It >>> does go a bit quick, but I found that by re-watching + reading the >>> code at the same time very helpful. It a useful demo to see the power >>> and conciseness of clojure ;-) >>> >>> >>> On 26/04/2009, Andrew Wagner <wagner.and...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > Just to provide a review - I must say, I really wanted to like this >>> > screencast, and failed, unfortunately. It tries to cover everything >>> > from >>> > "what is functional programming?" (tracing through passing functional >>> > arguments, and basic map/reduce stuff, for example) to the intricacies >>> > of >>> > STM use and clojure syntax/semantics. While all of these are worthwhile >>> > talks, trying to cover all of them in an hour means flying through them >>> > and >>> > really barely getting into any of them. >>> > >>> > On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Phil Hagelberg <p...@hagelb.org> >>> > wrote: >>> > >>> >> >>> >> I'm proud to announce that the "Functional Programming with Clojure" >>> >> PeepCode screencast has just been published: >>> >> >>> >> http://peepcode.com/products/functional-programming-with-clojure >>> >> >>> >> It's a professionally-produced 65-minute video that introduces all the >>> >> foundational concepts of Clojure by stepping through the creation of a >>> >> multiplayer text adventure game. If you've been looking for a quick >>> >> way to get up to speed on Clojure, this is your ticket. >>> >> >>> >> The screencast is sold for $9, and there's a preview available: >>> >> >>> >> http://peepcode.com/system/uploads/2009/peepcode-clojure-preview.mov >>> >> >>> >> Hope you like it! >>> >> >>> >> -Phil Hagelberg >>> >> >>> >> http://technomancy.us >>> >> >>> >> > >>> >> >>> > >>> > > >>> > >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
