I just want to second the recommendation of Clojure Programming as a first book before you dive into JoC (2nd edition).
On Saturday, November 30, 2013 2:43:08 PM UTC-8, Sean Corfield wrote: > > +1 for Manning's MEAP approach - I've bought most of my Manning books > through the early access program over the years. > > Also +1 for JoC not really being a beginner's book. I generally > recommend Clojure Programming (Emerick, Carper, Grand) as a first > book. Programming Clojure 2nd ed is good too. I expect Clojure in > Action 2nd ed to be worthwhile (I liked the 1st ed but it appeared > just after 1.3 hit and a lot of the examples in the book no longer > worked properly - Manning knew the book would be out of date at > release so I was disappointed they didn't listen to people who > suggested they delay release until it could be updated to 1.3). > > FWIW, JoC was my first Clojure book - but I had a solid background in > both Lisp and FP, although I hadn't done much with either for many, > many years... > > Buy as many of the latest editions as you can afford :) > > Sean > > On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 10:59 AM, John Mastro > <john.b...@gmail.com<javascript:>> > wrote: > > Manning (the publisher) has an interesting early-access program called > MEAP. I used it to buy [1] electronic access to both the first edition and > the second edition (the in-progress version immediately, plus the final > version when it's released). I've been very happy with the arrangement. > > > > [1] http://www.manning.com/fogus2/ > > > > - John > > > >> On Nov 30, 2013, at 10:34 AM, Mars0i <mars...@logical.net <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> > >> Amazon claims that the publication date of the second edition is Feb. > 28, 2014. > > > > -- > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Clojure" group. > > To post to this group, send email to clo...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> > > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > clojure+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > > 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+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN > An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ > World Singles, LLC. -- http://worldsingles.com/ > > "Perfection is the enemy of the good." > -- Gustave Flaubert, French realist novelist (1821-1880) > -- -- 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.
