this. The ease of which data can be mangled and transformed was the primary reason I chose Clojure over Java, Groovy and Scala.
That, and the fact the language is just so darn expressive. On Thursday, November 14, 2013 8:56:59 AM UTC, Islon Scherer wrote: > > For me it's about 1 thing: Data. > > A web application is about taking data from the user, transform it and > store it on the database and take data from the database, transform it and > show it to the user. > Clojure is the best language I used to work with data, it just gives you a > composable set of tools and then get out of your way, and there's always > macros for the more complex use cases. > We have a web application that serves edn data to our clojurescript > frontend, our webdevelopers created a new site for mobile in backbone.js > that used json, I had just to create a function (ring middleware) that > transformed my edn data to json based on the accept header. > > My 2¢ > > On Thursday, November 14, 2013 9:11:04 AM UTC+1, Bastien Guerry wrote: >> >> Marcus Blankenship <mar...@creoagency.com> writes: >> >> > Brian, that’s really interesting. I think we’re seeing something >> > similar, and are going to look at Pedestal and Caribou as options for >> > a project we’re working on. Are their others we should consider? >> >> Perhaps you should consider starting from scratch, in parallel. >> >> Maybe that's because I'm a beginner in both the language and in web >> development, but so far I've found it's the best way to understand the >> choices behind framaworks. Otherwise I would confuse "web development" >> with those choices, and I feel the richness of the Clojure ecosystem >> is precisely to open your mind about "web development". >> >> 2 cents, >> >> -- >> Bastien >> > -- -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
