Congratulations Julian! I'll share this around! On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 9:51 PM Julian <juliangam...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My book Clojure Recipes just got published and is for sale on Amazon! > http://clojurerecipes.net/ > > http://www.amazon.com/Clojure-Recipes-Developers-Library-Julian/dp/0321927737/ > > I've been working on it for about 2.5 years - I hope you find it useful! > (Or even better - I hope you know a friend that might find it useful.) > > A little context in the form of Q&A below. > > Cheers > Julian > > *Q&A* > *Haven't we got enough Clojure books already?* > I asked this of Stuart Sierra when he was in down under 2 years ago. He > responded "we have enough 'introduction to Clojure books' but there is room > for other types of books". > > *Who is it for?* > This is a book for people who 'learn by doing'. It's for that guy in the > office who is interested in Clojure, and wants to use it to hack on a > project this weekend. (The assumption is you're familiar with Lisp-style > parens, but not much more.) > > The book contains 'starter projects' for various use-cases of a > small-to-medium size - it will hold your hand enough to get you started, > and then free you up to take your project as you choose. Each one is > self-contained, and assumes little Clojure knowledge, and explains the code > as you go. > > *What? Clojure Recipes? Isn't there already a Clojure book in this format?* > I signed the contract in December 2012 with Pearson. At that time there > wasn't a Clojure book in this genre. > > Then Ryan Neufeld announced he was writing a Clojure book in 2013. I got > in touch with Ryan and Justin Gehtland about the situation. They were both > amazingly generous and supportive, and clarified they could see differences > in the books intended purpose and content. I caught up with Ryan last year > at the Clojure Conj and he was warm and encouraging. > > I came away feeling really positive about the Clojure community. Everyone > wants to 'grow the pie' of involved people. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
