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For the inevitable "Where do I start" questions, read this previous comment: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1033503 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10

For the inevitable "Where do I start" questions, read this previous comment: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1033503 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1033503

twism 16y ago
... and an example of web development in Clojure: http://mmcgrana.github.com/2010/03/clojure-web-development-ring.html http://mmcgrana.github.com/2010/03/clojure-web-development-r... Just install leiningen, whip out your favorite text editor, and you don't have to worry about downloading/installing clojure, libraries and deps.
- dpritchett 16y ago
  ... provided you have java installed.
  - swannodette 16y ago
    ... which is likely if you use an Apple laptop and trivial if you don't
    - dpritchett 16y ago
      When I first started out with Clojure on Ubuntu I honestly had no idea which packages to start out with. It's not a huge deal and I was able to get it right through trial and error but it's one more step where a potential user could get lost. I wouldn't mind contributing to some official getting started documentation if that was possible. Seeing an HN comment as the go-to source for getting started upthread disappointed me.
      - deleted 16y ago
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      - hga 16y ago
        Sorry to disappoint. What you're asking wasn't the intended scope of my comment, but it is covered by the 4th item: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Clojure_Programming http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Clojure_Programming, specifically: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Clojure_Programming/Getting_Started http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Clojure_Programming/Getting_Sta... To a great extent the previous items are intended to convince you to give Clojure a try/orient you before you start typing in a REPL. Learning a functional language is not necessarily hard but many people say it's harder than programmers who are experienced in imperative programming expect. The latter are used to picking up new imperative languages and the change to the functional paradigm is not as easy. On the other hand, the more scars they have from side effect induced bugs the more they appreciate it.
gtani 16y ago
The Apress book (VanderHart, Sierra ) is out, it's pretty well done: http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Clojure-Experts-Voice-Source/dp/1430272317/ http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Clojure-Experts-Voice-Source... and Manning has 2 MEAP books in the pipeline http://manning.com/fogus http://manning.com/fogus http://manning.com/rathore http://manning.com/rathore
gphil 16y ago
Since it's not covered in the link you posted I can't recommend labrepl enough as a way to get started. http://github.com/relevance/labrepl http://github.com/relevance/labrepl

For the inevitable "Where do I start" questions, read this previous comment: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1033503 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1033503

twism 16y ago

... and an example of web development in Clojure: http://mmcgrana.github.com/2010/03/clojure-web-development-ring.html http://mmcgrana.github.com/2010/03/clojure-web-development-r... Just install leiningen, whip out your favorite text editor, and you don't have to worry about downloading/installing clojure, libraries and deps.

dpritchett 16y ago
... provided you have java installed.
- swannodette 16y ago
  ... which is likely if you use an Apple laptop and trivial if you don't
  - dpritchett 16y ago
    When I first started out with Clojure on Ubuntu I honestly had no idea which packages to start out with. It's not a huge deal and I was able to get it right through trial and error but it's one more step where a potential user could get lost. I wouldn't mind contributing to some official getting started documentation if that was possible. Seeing an HN comment as the go-to source for getting started upthread disappointed me.
    - deleted 16y ago
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    - hga 16y ago
      Sorry to disappoint. What you're asking wasn't the intended scope of my comment, but it is covered by the 4th item: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Clojure_Programming http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Clojure_Programming, specifically: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Clojure_Programming/Getting_Started http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Clojure_Programming/Getting_Sta... To a great extent the previous items are intended to convince you to give Clojure a try/orient you before you start typing in a REPL. Learning a functional language is not necessarily hard but many people say it's harder than programmers who are experienced in imperative programming expect. The latter are used to picking up new imperative languages and the change to the functional paradigm is not as easy. On the other hand, the more scars they have from side effect induced bugs the more they appreciate it.

gtani 16y ago

The Apress book (VanderHart, Sierra ) is out, it's pretty well done: http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Clojure-Experts-Voice-Source/dp/1430272317/ http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Clojure-Experts-Voice-Source... and Manning has 2 MEAP books in the pipeline http://manning.com/fogus http://manning.com/fogus http://manning.com/rathore http://manning.com/rathore

gphil 16y ago

Since it's not covered in the link you posted I can't recommend labrepl enough as a way to get started. http://github.com/relevance/labrepl http://github.com/relevance/labrepl