On Jan 18, 2013, at 07:04, Brian Marick wrote:
> On Jan 18, 2013, at 8:46 AM, Reginald Choudari
> wrote:
>
>> I am looking for a new Clojure book to get me started on the language.
>
> Here's a beginning Clojure reading list, with some discussion:
> http://regretful.ly/clojure/2013/01/16/begin
Wow, I did not expect the wide range of responses and opinions. A lot of
valuable information here for a beginner like myself... Thanks to everyone
who contributed..
Reginald
On Friday, January 18, 2013 9:46:14 AM UTC-5, Reginald Choudari wrote:
>
> I am looking for a new Clojure book to get me
> I wouldn't worry too much about differences because a book was written for
> clojure 1.2 or 1.3 even though 1.5 is only just around the corner. The
> differences are minor and tend to be most directly related to more advanced
> topics that are unlikely to be of critical importance to begin w
On Jan 19, 2013, at 9:33 AM, Mimmo Cosenza wrote:
> Hi,
> wherever you start from (all the cited books are from good to very good), I
> think that one day you could take you're time to read a couple amazing books.
>
> SICP: http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/
SiCP also available as epub from https:
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On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 5:33 PM, Mimmo Cosenza wrote:
> Hi,
> wherever you start from (all the cited books are
Hi,
wherever you start from (all the cited books are from good to very good), I
think that one day you could take you're time to read a couple amazing
books.
SICP: http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/
and
Onlisp: http://www.paulgraham.com/onlisp.html
I studied the first one (written for scheme) al
I started clojure right at the point where contrib changed. I think I had a
lot less problems than did many who had already started and were use to the
old setup. I didn't mention the contrib change because it was long before
the dates the OP was talking about, because none of the books I menti
"anything written for Clojure 1.2 that is based on
old contrib is next to useless for teaching people basic Clojure these
days."
So very true.
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On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 8:55 PM, Tim Cross wrote:
> I wouldn't worry too much about differences because a book was written for
> clojure 1.2 or 1.3
Oh I would worry about that! I see so many people trying to learn
Clojure from outdated books (mostly Clojure in Action) and getting
into terrible pr
The books I've found valuable are
Clojure Programming. Really liked this book because it just fitted well
with my preferred style of book. Really enjoyed it and found that often,
just as I was asking myself a question, the answer was in the next
paragraph.
Joy of Clojure. Excellent book. Po
Actually i felt comfortable using The Joy of Clojure AND Programming
Clojure...
Keep in mind that i never used a Lisp-like language and i had only little
knowledge of Java...
Il giorno venerdì 18 gennaio 2013 15:46:14 UTC+1, Reginald Choudari ha
scritto:
>
> I am looking for a new Clojure book
I see that specifically (and correctly) calls out two books written
about pre-1.3 Clojure but does not call out Practical Clojure for the
same issue. Wasn't that written for Clojure 1.1?
(and is there a 2nd Ed in the pipeline? Luke? Stuart?)
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Alex Baranosky
wrote:
http://clojure-doc.org/articles/ecosystem/books.html
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 7:04 AM, Brian Marick wrote:
>
> On Jan 18, 2013, at 8:46 AM, Reginald Choudari
> wrote:
>
> > I am looking for a new Clojure book to get me started on the language.
>
> Here's a beginning Clojure reading list, with so
On Jan 18, 2013, at 8:46 AM, Reginald Choudari
wrote:
> I am looking for a new Clojure book to get me started on the language.
Here's a beginning Clojure reading list, with some discussion:
http://regretful.ly/clojure/2013/01/16/beginning-clojure-reading-list/
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