Maybe I'm in the minority but I don't think the cheat sheet needs to be a
queryable oracle for all Clojure information. It's just a tool to jar your
memory or browse for a function by category. When I first started using
Clojure I found it helpful to browse through sequence functions in
particular. I was inexperienced enough then to not even know how to ask
the right questions to "query" a cheat sheet.
I think a tool like you describe sounds like a fun hack to write but I
don't see how it has anything to do with the cheat sheet.
Andy also mentions elsewhere on this thread that we should have multiple
versions of the sheet on the web site and I disagree with that too. imho
we need a single link where people go - it's perfectly fine to have a
library of other versions available at the underlying repo.
On Monday, March 26, 2012 4:07:20 PM UTC-5, Bost wrote:
>
> > if there are any strong feelings about how to make the cheatsheet more
> of a modular, queryable structure than it currently is.
>
> The key question is "Why do we need a cheatsheet"? Well, the learning
> curve is steep. I.e. there are things like [1] quite many functions
> and [2] they are hard to remember and [3] the REPL is by no means
> beginner friendly etc.
>
> What can be done about it ?
> We can reduce the amount of functions. I doubt this would work. Or we
> develop tools like this queryable cheatsheets with tooltips etc. Or...
> well, basically most of the time I personally have a problem like:
>
> I have [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9] and (a b c d). How do I make (:a [1 2] :b
> [4 5] } {:c [6 7] [:d {8 9}]) from it?
>
> I was thinking about a clojure function which applies some frequently
> used patterns (combinations of map, apply, into, assoc, vector, list
> etc.) on my input parameter and compares the result with the last
> parameter. And it prints the combination if they are equal or gives me
> the best nearest guess. I realized it's a job for a macro... something
> like discussed on
>
> http://www.learningclojure.com/2010/09/clojure-macro-tutorial-part-i-getting.html
>
> What do you think about that?
>
> Bost
>
>
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