Re: Clojure Literature

2013-01-20 Thread Rich Morin
On Jan 18, 2013, at 07:04, Brian Marick wrote: On Jan 18, 2013, at 8:46 AM, Reginald Choudari adnanchowdhur...@gmail.com wrote: I am looking for a new Clojure book to get me started on the language. Here's a beginning Clojure reading list, with some discussion:

Re: Clojure Literature

2013-01-19 Thread Tim Cross
of the current state of Clojure literature: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2578837/comparing-clojure-books I'd like to hear if anyone has any recommendations or if there is news of any upcoming books coming out that might be worth waiting for. Thanks, Reginald -- You received

Re: Clojure Literature

2013-01-19 Thread Mimmo Cosenza
to be the most comprehensive description of the current state of Clojure literature: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2578837/comparing-clojure-books I'd like to hear if anyone has any recommendations or if there is news of any upcoming books coming out that might be worth waiting

Re: Clojure Literature

2013-01-19 Thread AtKaaZ
description of the current state of Clojure literature: http://** stackoverflow.com/questions/**2578837/comparing-clojure-**bookshttp://stackoverflow.com/questions/2578837/comparing-clojure-books I'd like to hear if anyone has any recommendations or if there is news of any upcoming books coming out

Re: Clojure Literature

2013-01-19 Thread Charlie Griefer
On Jan 19, 2013, at 9:33 AM, Mimmo Cosenza mimmo.cose...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, wherever you start from (all the cited books are from good to very good), I think that one day you could take you're time to read a couple amazing books. SICP: http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/ SiCP also available

Re: Clojure Literature

2013-01-19 Thread Marko Topolnik
I wouldn't worry too much about differences because a book was written for clojure 1.2 or 1.3 even though 1.5 is only just around the corner. The differences are minor and tend to be most directly related to more advanced topics that are unlikely to be of critical importance to begin

Re: Clojure Literature

2013-01-19 Thread Reginald Choudari
language, I didn't want to buy a book that would quickly become obsolete. From all that I read, this page seemed to be the most comprehensive description of the current state of Clojure literature: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2578837/comparing-clojure-books I'd like to hear if anyone

Clojure Literature

2013-01-18 Thread Reginald Choudari
2012. Seeing that Clojure is a changing language, I didn't want to buy a book that would quickly become obsolete. From all that I read, this page seemed to be the most comprehensive description of the current state of Clojure literature: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2578837/comparing

Re: Clojure Literature

2013-01-18 Thread Brian Marick
On Jan 18, 2013, at 8:46 AM, Reginald Choudari adnanchowdhur...@gmail.com wrote: I am looking for a new Clojure book to get me started on the language. Here's a beginning Clojure reading list, with some discussion: http://regretful.ly/clojure/2013/01/16/beginning-clojure-reading-list/

Re: Clojure Literature

2013-01-18 Thread Alex Baranosky
http://clojure-doc.org/articles/ecosystem/books.html On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 7:04 AM, Brian Marick mar...@exampler.com wrote: On Jan 18, 2013, at 8:46 AM, Reginald Choudari adnanchowdhur...@gmail.com wrote: I am looking for a new Clojure book to get me started on the language. Here's a

Re: Clojure Literature

2013-01-18 Thread Sean Corfield
I see that specifically (and correctly) calls out two books written about pre-1.3 Clojure but does not call out Practical Clojure for the same issue. Wasn't that written for Clojure 1.1? (and is there a 2nd Ed in the pipeline? Luke? Stuart?) On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Alex Baranosky

Re: Clojure Literature

2013-01-18 Thread Francesco Agozzino
is a changing language, I didn't want to buy a book that would quickly become obsolete. From all that I read, this page seemed to be the most comprehensive description of the current state of Clojure literature: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2578837/comparing-clojure-books I'd like to hear

Re: Clojure Literature

2013-01-18 Thread Tim Cross
comprehensive description of the current state of Clojure literature: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2578837/comparing-clojure-books I'd like to hear if anyone has any recommendations or if there is news of any upcoming books coming out that might be worth waiting for. Thanks, Reginald -- You

Re: Clojure Literature

2013-01-18 Thread Sean Corfield
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 8:55 PM, Tim Cross theophil...@gmail.com wrote: I wouldn't worry too much about differences because a book was written for clojure 1.2 or 1.3 Oh I would worry about that! I see so many people trying to learn Clojure from outdated books (mostly Clojure in Action) and

Re: Clojure Literature

2013-01-18 Thread Alex Baranosky
anything written for Clojure 1.2 that is based on old contrib is next to useless for teaching people basic Clojure these days. So very true. -- 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