If by "koan" you mean usage examples, then there are plenty of them within the clojure source itself, as well as clojure-contrib.
See also: http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Category:Clojure Leave it to rubyists to turn a simple concept like examples into some religious indoctrination. I kid! On Dec 2, 11:39 am, Matthew Williams <matthew.d.willi...@gmail.com> wrote: > The folks over athttp://edgecase.comput together a great project for > people interested in Ruby to really get a grasp of the standard > library as well as introduce them to the idea of unit testing. The > project is up on Github:http://github.com/edgecase/ruby_koans > > The basic idea is you run Rake which then guides you through exercises > taking you throughout almost the entire standard library. For > example, a problem might look like the following: > > def test_double_quoted_strings_are_strings > string = "Hello, World" > assert_equal __, string.is_a?(String) > end > > The __ represents the expected the result of the second argument on > assert_equal. Once you fill in the correct answer, run rake, and it > will guide you to the next set of koans. They exercise almost every > method for the major data types, blocks, exceptions, etc etc. > > It's a really great project. > > Could something like this come from the Clojure community? I've just > started Stuart's Clojure PragProg book and I'm finding it to be a > great resource. But I'm also finding myself struggling a bit on a few > items that might have a single example or a brief explanation and then > I'm off searching through docs and trying to come up with some > practical examples on my own that really drill down how the given form > should be used, or how recur works, or let, do, etc etc. > > Would this be something worth while, especially for those joining the > community? I discovered the Ruby Koans with a few years of Ruby under > my belt and found them to be a really refreshing set of exercises. > And now that I'm entering a new community, it's something I think I > would benefit from greatly. > > Does anyone have any input on how best to accomplish this? Or even > some starter koans? > > On a side note, it's been really refreshing working with Clojure. I > haven't yet begun implementing anything other than what I'm finding in > example material, but I'm getting there. Having been doing OOP for > such a long time, I'm still slowly taking in the functional approach > and I'm seeing more and more benefits as the days go by. > > Thanks for being such an great community! > > -Matthew Williams > @mwilliams -- 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
