Category: Clojure

Attack of the Killer Parentheses: ‘Clojure in Action, 2nd Edition’ – #bookreview

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Clojure in Action, 2nd Edition Amit Rathore and Francis Avila Manning – paperback Clojure seems to be afflicted with a measles-like outbreak of parentheses, and it generally just looks strange to many software developers. And there’s a good reason for that, as this book’s two author point out in their recently released second edition. “Clojure’s … Continue reading Attack of the Killer Parentheses: ‘Clojure in Action, 2nd Edition’ – #bookreview

Elixir in Action: A good guide to the ‘alternative language for the Erlang virtual machine’ – #programming #bookreview

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    Elixir in Action Saša Jurić Manning – paperback “Elixir,”  Saša Jurić writes, “is a modern functional programming language for building large-scale, distributed, fault-tolerant systems for the Erlang virtual machine.” What Elixir really is, of course, is a breath of fresh air for software developers who find it hard or confusing to work with … Continue reading Elixir in Action: A good guide to the ‘alternative language for the Erlang virtual machine’ – #programming #bookreview

The Joy of Clojure – This fine 2nd edition makes learning a Lisp dialect fun (well, almost) – #bookreview

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The Joy of Clojure, 2nd Edition Michael Fogus and Chris Houser (Manning – paperback) Several times, I had played with Clojure and considered learning it. But I kept deciding it looked too weird, required too many parentheses and put its operators in strange places. Furthermore, it has always ranked low on the assorted lists of … Continue reading The Joy of Clojure – This fine 2nd edition makes learning a Lisp dialect fun (well, almost) – #bookreview

Functional JavaScript – Applying functional techniques and Underscore.js – #programming #bookreview

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Functional JavaScript Introducing Functional Programming with Underscore.js Michael Fogus (O’Reilly – paperback, Kindle) When I first started tinkering with JavaScript, object-oriented programming (OOP) was the rage, and JavaScript frequently was touted as one of the key object-oriented languages. After all, according to many online descriptions, almost everything within JavaScript “is OO.” Now, in this enjoyable … Continue reading Functional JavaScript – Applying functional techniques and Underscore.js – #programming #bookreview

JavaScript as Compilation Target: ClojureScript and Dart – #programming #bookreview

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Despite its widespread success, JavaScript has a reputation for being a computer language with many flaws. Still, it is now everywhere on the planet, so it is here to stay, very likely for a long, long time. Not surprisingly, several new languages have emerged that jump over some of JavaScript’s hurdles, offer improved capabilities, and … Continue reading JavaScript as Compilation Target: ClojureScript and Dart – #programming #bookreview

Programming Clojure, 2nd Edition – The virtues of concurrency and functional style – #bookreview #in #programming

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Programming Clojure, 2nd Edition Stuart Halloway and Aaron Bedra (Pragmatic Bookshelf, paperback, list price $35.00) Clojure is yet another computer programming language with an odd name and many followers. For example, Dr. Venkat Subramaniam, an award-winning author and founder of Agile Developer, Inc., has called Clojure “a beautiful, elegant, and very powerful language on the JVM [Java … Continue reading Programming Clojure, 2nd Edition – The virtues of concurrency and functional style – #bookreview #in #programming