Is there a generalized framework we can use for such 'codeacademy' sites? The closest thing that already exists I think is 4clojure, perhaps adding a tracks-navigation sort of thing would address that specific need?
Though, I think my criticism with these things, is the best way to learn really depends on how much time you have and your level of experience. If you have a ton of time, ie a full-time job, then you're going to learn compojure much 'deeper' and faster in the long run by simply reading the compojure library code, following trails, and implementing what you need. Learning the syntax doesn't tell you much about ring-handlers, middleware, the weird destructuring, etc.. If you build on lower abstractions (ring) first, it might address that particular issue, at the expense of people feeling like they're doing irrelevant stuff. Honestly, I felt the same way about the compojure tutorials :-). But, I'm not sure how I'd make them better. M-. is my best friend. I think 4clojure itself does the right thing, using the most base/general/accessible abstractions and making it fun (in my opinion), building muscle memory. All that said, I'd be happy to contribute problems/solutions to such a thing if it existed. On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 3:10 AM, kurofune <jesseluisd...@gmail.com> wrote: > For what it's worth, I would like to see a codecademy.com type site but > for Clojure that can take you from 0 to hero, in one place, with > interactive tracks depending on subject (i.e. Web-Dev, core functions, key > libraries, idioms, regex, encryption, etc.). Something like an interactive > SICP to teach core programming concepts but using Clojure would be nice. > 4clojure has cool problems but they don't teach you to program. > > The best resources I've utilized are "Clojure in Action" and "Web > Development with Clojure". Clojure from the Ground up and Clojure for the > Brave and true were also good. The problem with the books is that the > libs/APIs you learn in the tutorials are often deprecated or abandoned by > the community for the next hot thing, by the time you even pick them up. > One, open source, Community maintained user friendly resource with > "batteries included" would be awesome. > > By and large community support has been good for me and I am often > assisted by the very dude who wrote the book I'm working through. How can I > complain about that? This is simply awesome and I hope that stays possible > in the future. > > I would really like a mentor. Any programs that provide this would make > the Clojure community stand out as friendly and welcoming, compared to > other languages. This is just my two cents. Hope it is useful. > > Jesse > > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- 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/d/optout.
