Have you considered linking to or embedding Rich Hickeys videos "Clojure for Java programmers", "Clojure for Lisp programmers" and "Clojure data structures"?
When I was learning the language they served as excellent introductory material and among facts really conveyed a "feeling" for the language. Maybe David Nolen could add a ClojureScript for Javascript developers in similar style? On Sunday, January 17, 2016 at 5:24:11 PM UTC+1, Alex Miller wrote: > > The site does does not have any "learning" material at all. The material > on the existing site is intended to be authoritative reference material, > written by Rich (or in a few cases me). > > We will add more learning / getting started material - this is definitely > the biggest gap in the existing site (although things like Clojure for the > Brave and True are great alternatives). > > We actually have a body of work in this area already and I will be > integrating it as I have time to. > > > On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 9:09 AM, Brent Millare <brent....@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I think another useful way to look at the issue that Alan brings up is to >> view it as a top down vs bottom up approach to learning the language. The >> site favors a top down approach, leading with the rationale and concepts >> rather than examples that can act like hooks that encourage the reader to >> investigate further even without complete understanding. While I'm more of >> a default top down thinker myself, I know and respect many bottom up >> thinkers. I believe enhancing the website to address both learning >> approaches will increase its usability not to just beginners but also to >> experienced programmers. >> >> >> On Friday, January 15, 2016 at 7:16:08 PM UTC-5, Alan Moore wrote: >>> >>> Great job everyone! I really like the layout and the color scheme, very >>> pleasing to the eye and professional looking. >>> >>> My *only* constructive comment is that a total newbie landing on >>> clojure.org is faced with a lot of reading when maybe they should be >>> presented with super basic code examples, just to give them a general feel >>> of what Clojure code looks like. Much of this does exist on the site but is >>> maybe less accessible and not as up-front as it could be. I'll submit some >>> suggestions via the public repo and do my part to help out :-) >>> >>> All in all this is looking great and I appreciate the hard work in >>> getting it to this point. Thanks Alex for organizing the effort! >>> >>> Alan >>> >>> On Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 7:45:06 AM UTC-8, Alex Miller wrote: >>>> >>>> The new http://clojure.org is alive! >>>> >>>> Most of the content on the site is the same content as before (but in a >>>> new shinier package). However, the site is now sourced from the public >>>> repo >>>> at https://github.com/clojure/clojure-site and is open for >>>> contribution. Contributions (via pull request) require a signed Clojure >>>> Contributor Agreement, just as with Clojure itself - if you've already >>>> signed it, then you don't need to do anything additional. >>>> >>>> We have been working on several new guides for the new Guides section >>>> and you can see things in process at >>>> https://github.com/clojure/clojure-site/issues - feel free to discuss >>>> on issues there or threads here with a [DOC] indicator. Or on the #docs >>>> channel on Slack. >>>> >>>> Big thanks to Tom Hickey on the design for the new site! As always, he >>>> was a pleasure to work with. >>>> >>>> Alex >>>> >>> -- >> 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 a topic in the >> Google Groups "Clojure" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/clojure/Qn55soAb5zQ/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> clojure+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> 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.
