To start thinking functionally, I would also highly recommend reading the book Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs:
http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_and_Interpretation_of_Computer_Programs This book is available freely at the above sites. A better typeset format in PDF is available at (docs.google.com): https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0BxVCLS4f8Sg5OGUwMmZlZjYtZWQ4Zi00ZThmLWFkMjYtNTIxZmY4ODhjNDdl&hl=en&authkey=CLnyyF4 Thanks Shoeb -----Original Message----- From: clojure@googlegroups.com [mailto:clojure@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of hci Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 3:33 PM To: Clojure Subject: Re: New to Clojure I was in the same boat last year. My experience with Clojure started with Java interop, by writing Clojure code to solve some small problems using existing Java libraries. For example, I used Clojure to fetch and process application logs in a MySQL database and visualize the results with a Java graph library. These experience got me into productive mode quickly and became familiar with the syntax of the language. However, I was not transformed into a Clojure programmer by just doing Java-interop because I was still thinking in Java way. It should be noted that the Clojure way is very different from the Java way. A transformation in thinking is necessary. I did the transformation by studying the Joy of Clojure book and did programming exercise on 4clojure.com. The former showed me the Clojure way and I practiced walking the way with the later. A good thing about 4clojure.com is that there is an immediate feedback on how well one does. The code either pass the unit tests or not. If it passes, one can see how short their own code compared with others. In searching a shorter solution, one often learns some functional tricks. Also, the site forces one to work with core Clojure functions only, and the use of def is not allowed. On Jun 7, 12:30 pm, Santosh M <santoshvmadhyas...@gmail.com> wrote: > I want to learn clojure. I already know Java. Please tell me how to > proceed. > > Regards > > Santosh -- 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 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
