This is a story from the trenches of your every day developer: I am in platonic love with clojure. I have tried 2 or 3 times to pick up a book and go through it. The truth is that I always get distracted by something else and other priorities. I promised myself that before I ever learn Scala I would learn Clojure which I am so attracted to. On Sept 18th I will start the Scala course in Coursera, 'Functional Programming Principles in Scala'. What made me violate my promisse ? 1. It is a course with a structure, deadlines and a grade, which will make me finish it. 2. I know I will succeed in learning. 3. It is taught by Martin Odersky himself and that sells a lot, a lot, a lot. 4. It is free.
I think that is such a smart move by Martin Odersky and the Scala community, and I only wish Rich Hickey or Stuart Halloway would do the same. To showcase such a language in such a platform (Coursera or Udacity does not matter), reaching 30K - 100K developers in such a short period of time and having control on teaching them the right way, is creating a force that will work for you, from within the companies. I am kindly asking Rich Hickey, Stuart Halloway or some other big name to create a course like this in Clojure. -- 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
