If you're referring to core.async specifically, keep in mind it's very new. Its readme[1] goes as far as to say, "This library is work-in-progress, experimental

If you're referring to core.async specifically, keep in mind it's very new. Its readme[1] goes as far as to say, "This library is work-in-progress, experimental, broken etc. It should only be used by people working on it, ATM." With more maturity will surely come more examples and tutorials. But if you mean Clojure(Script) in general, I kind of agree. There are some beginner friendly tutorials; lately Andrew Brehaut's intro to the Clojure web stack[2] has been smooth going for me, despite being a bit dated. But you have to look around. In particular, I've found the small-scale mechanics of the language easy to pick up via Clojure Koans[3], 4clojure[4], and ClojureDocs[5]. What's missing the most IMHO is approachable introductions to the big-picture concepts. Especially the less generically lispy, more Clojure-specific parts, concerned with concurrency and state. (I hear the book Clojure Programming by Emerick et al. is good for that... have yet to read.) I kind of understand Clojure not being easy or quick to learn, because powerful tools take time to master. But even with that said, it could be better. When I get confident with Clojure I hope to be part of a new wave of Clojurists who write really beginner-friendly tutorials :) I think it won't be the "gurus" who write them, but regular joes/janes like you and me for whom the initial difficulty of this stuff is still a fresh memory. [1] https://github.com/clojure/core.async https://github.com/clojure/core.async [2] http://brehaut.net/blog/2011/ring_introduction http://brehaut.net/blog/2011/ring_introduction [3] https://github.com/functional-koans/clojure-koans https://github.com/functional-koans/clojure-koans [4] http://4clojure.com/ http://4clojure.com/ [5] http://clojuredocs.org/ http://clojuredocs.org/