This was a great resource to me, as were the other LispCast videos. I found them easy to follow, and really helped me think about things from first principles, which are really important to understand the idioms.
http://www.purelyfunctional.tv/intro-to-clojure On Sep 10, 2015, at 9:02 AM, Elango Cheran <elango.che...@gmail.com> wrote: > A coworker of mine asked me for suggestions yesterday after starting directly > with Joy of Clojure as if it were an intro text for himself and getting lost > after getting halfway through. Even though this coworker of mine is pretty > experienced over many years -- and has programmed in C++, Java, Python, JS, > Jess, Scala -- I pointed him to the Clojure cheatsheet and the Clojure for > Java Programmers youtube videos. The reason being that he wanted to get > comfortable and able to do something productive/practical as soon as possible. > > http://clojure.org/cheatsheet > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P76Vbsk_3J0 > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb3rurFxrZ8 > > Even if you haven't read up on Clojure yet, but have a background in > Java/C#/C++/Scala, those Clojure for Java Programmers videos ought to be > pretty good. There are other great intro videos by Rich Hickey on the same > ClojureTV youtube channel. > > In addition, I like these tutorials if you want a slightly gentler approach > than either the Joy of Clojure or Clojure Programming books -- Clojure from > the Ground Up, and Mark Volkmann's summary page on Clojure: > https://aphyr.com/tags/Clojure-from-the-ground-up > http://java.ociweb.com/mark/clojure/article.html > > And in the same vein, I just started reading the new book Living Clojure, and > I think it would also be great for first-timers who want an easier incline > into the language. > > -- Elango > > > On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 12:08 PM, Mark Engelberg <mark.engelb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > Learning Clojure is not so much about learning the language's features, it's > about learning how Clojure's particular combination of features causes you to > think about software development in a new way. Living Clojure is a new-ish > book that points you at a number of small programming "code kata" challenges > you can work on to develop the Clojure mindset. Clojure Applied is a brand > new book that shows you how to take that mindset and apply it to larger, > real-world projects. > > -- > 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. Best, Marcus Marcus Blankenship Consultant, Author, Executive Coach, Calvinist \\\ 541.805.2736 \ @justzeros \ skype:marcuscreo ====================================== Join my newsletter at http://marcusblankenship.com/list -- 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.
