Re: Is The Joy if Clojure up to date?

2013-12-01 Thread Michael Klishin
2013/12/1 Sean Corfield seancorfi...@gmail.com +1 for Manning's MEAP approach - I've bought most of my Manning books through the early access program over the years. BTW, The Joy of Clojure 2nd ed. MEAP is 50% off today (Dec 1st) with the code *dotd1201cc* according to a Manning promo. --

Re: Is The Joy if Clojure up to date?

2013-12-01 Thread Geraldo Lopes de Souza
Michael, Thank you for promotion code. Regards, Geraldo On Sunday, December 1, 2013 6:55:06 AM UTC-2, Michael Klishin wrote: 2013/12/1 Sean Corfield seanco...@gmail.com javascript: +1 for Manning's MEAP approach - I've bought most of my Manning books through the early access program over

Re: Is The Joy if Clojure up to date?

2013-12-01 Thread Daniel Higginbotham
I've been working on a book for beginners, Clojure for the Brave and True http://www.braveclojure.com/ Thanks, Daniel On Saturday, November 30, 2013 6:21:21 AM UTC-5, J. Pablo Fernández wrote: Hello, I have a copy of The Joy of Clojure that I bought a couple of years ago. Is it still a

Re: Is The Joy if Clojure up to date?

2013-12-01 Thread Paddy Gallagher
I've read Daniel's series 'Clojure for the Brave and True' and I highly recommend it as a resource both for the excellent content/philosophy and humour :) It personally made the Clojure introductory learning experience a very enjoyable one. Thanks Daniel. cheers Paddy On Sunday, December

Re: Is The Joy if Clojure up to date?

2013-12-01 Thread Mars0i
+1 for the promo code. Thanks. Manning got at least one new direct customer. On Sunday, December 1, 2013 2:55:06 AM UTC-6, Michael Klishin wrote: 2013/12/1 Sean Corfield seanco...@gmail.com javascript: +1 for Manning's MEAP approach - I've bought most of my Manning books through the early

Re: Is The Joy if Clojure up to date?

2013-12-01 Thread Korny Sietsma
Whereas the Joy of Clojure makes me think of a certain '70s book with interesting illustrations, that I used to stealthily read in the back shelves of the local library as a teen. The Joy of Clojure is an awesome book. Though part of me wishes it had at least one '70s style line drawing of Rich

Is The Joy if Clojure up to date?

2013-11-30 Thread J . Pablo Fernández
Hello, I have a copy of The Joy of Clojure that I bought a couple of years ago. Is it still a good way to learn Clojure or is it out of date? Thanks. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Clojure group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: Is The Joy if Clojure up to date?

2013-11-30 Thread Magomimmo
Is still very good, but the second edition is on the way to be officially publish (FWIK). mimmo On Saturday, November 30, 2013 12:21:21 PM UTC+1, J. Pablo Fernández wrote: Hello, I have a copy of The Joy of Clojure that I bought a couple of years ago. Is it still a good way to learn

Re: Is The Joy if Clojure up to date?

2013-11-30 Thread Michael Klishin
2013/11/30 J. Pablo Fernández pup...@pupeno.com I have a copy of The Joy of Clojure that I bought a couple of years ago. Is it still a good way to learn Clojure or is it out of date? It's mostly up to date. It is not, however, a book for beginners. See

Re: Is The Joy if Clojure up to date?

2013-11-30 Thread Mars0i
Amazon claims that the publication date of the second edition is Feb. 28, 2014. On Saturday, November 30, 2013 5:30:06 AM UTC-6, Magomimmo wrote: Is still very good, but the second edition is on the way to be officially publish (FWIK). mimmo On Saturday, November 30, 2013 12:21:21 PM

Re: Is The Joy if Clojure up to date?

2013-11-30 Thread John Mastro
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]

Re: Is The Joy if Clojure up to date?

2013-11-30 Thread Curtis Gagliardi
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

Re: Is The Joy if Clojure up to date?

2013-11-30 Thread juan.facorro
Same here, Joy of Clojure is an *excellent* book although I wouldn't recommend it as a first book on Clojure. I immensely enjoyed it when I read it, but it was my first book on Clojure and, having just some basic background on Lisp and FP, I felt that a few of really important ideas passed me