I am a professional Clojure developer and I have almost no real-world experience in Java. I knew basic Java syntax and taught myself to read JavaDocs well. I t

I am a professional Clojure developer and I have almost no real-world experience in Java. I knew basic Java syntax and taught myself to read JavaDocs well. I think that's all you need to know in order to use Java libs from Clojure. You can polish your Java chops a bit more as you go.