In addition to following up on all the great suggestions above, I'd hack about with Quil; it's a lot of fun and you'll get instant feedback. You'll also very quickly run into the fun that is juggling pure fns, lazy sequences and orchestrating side effects (to sketch stuff).
http://github.com/quil/quil -- http://sam.aaron.name On Friday, 11 May 2012 at 18:26, Daniel Gagnon wrote: > > > On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 8:48 PM, toan <kidn...@gmail.com > (mailto:kidn...@gmail.com)> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I've been trying to learn clojure for a while. I've read the clojure > > section of "seven languages..." and currently trying to get through > > "joy of clojure." I've been practicing with the prompt a bit and > > trying to learn emacs that came with "clojurebox." > > > The clojure part of "seven languages" isn't very idiomatic. > > Try Programming Clojure 2n Edition by Stuart Halloway, I think it's the best > learning book. > > And clojurebox is quite outdated give a try to lein and the clooj editor. > > > I have 2 questions, 1. does anyone have advice on getting somewhat > > competent for a newb? (alternatively, how did you get good?) > > > Code until it "clicks", then progress gets much faster. > > > 2. if i > > have no interest in java, should a learn at least some fundamentals? > > would that be helpful? > > > Try reading some javadoc and see if it makes sense to you. Learning Java > isn't critical to start but eventually, you'll want to use Java libraries and > then it's best to have some basics. > > > -- > > 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 > > (mailto: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 > > (mailto:clojure%2bunsubscr...@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 > (mailto: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 > (mailto: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
