Just grabbed my copy of 2nd, already had a copy of the 1st edition which I loved, so excited to see the updates both in terms of changes for 1.5, the clojurescript stuff, and logic programming.
Happy times :)
The Joy of Clojure, Second Edition – Early Access
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#42Re: The Joy of Clojure, Second Edition – Early Access
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
Joy of Clojure is about understanding the philosophy of Clojure, and using the language's built-in abstractions in an idiomatic way. It's not really a "first book on Clojure" for someone that doesn't know the language at all, but if you know the basics you can use it to solidify your understanding. Clojure in Action is more of a practical, get-shit-done book. It covers things like databases, web frameworks, TDD and m…
Thank you, that is a helpful description. So for a Clojure noob (like me) it might be better to start with Clojure in Action and then read Joy of Clojure.
My advice is to get Clojure Programming (http://www.clojurebook.com). Good luck and have fun.
Re: The Joy of Clojure, Second Edition – Early Access
#44Hi all, one of the authors here. If you'd like to buy the early access edition then Manning has a 50% off deal today with code dotd0314tw. You have to order it through their website, that can be accessed via http://www.joyofclojure.com/buy even better apparently is the code joc2elaunch50 allowing discounts for a bunch of books
What is new? I have the first edition .. what will you change?
Re: The Joy of Clojure, Second Edition – Early Access
#45I purchased JOC 2e two days ago.. The 1st was such an excellent book. Thank you fogus, chouser, and Manning!
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#47Aw, I just got the old version a few weeks ago.
ordered the JoC 1 on monday : )
Re: The Joy of Clojure, Second Edition – Early Access
#48Hi all, one of the authors here. If you'd like to buy the early access edition then Manning has a 50% off deal today with code dotd0314tw. You have to order it through their website, that can be accessed via http://www.joyofclojure.com/buy even better apparently is the code joc2elaunch50 allowing discounts for a bunch of books
What is new? I have the first edition .. what will you change?
Some of the new stuff is mentioned at http://www.joyofclojure.com/2nd -
- ClojureScript
- more on "thinking" techniques, f.ex. unification, logic programming, constraint solving, declarative programming
- Data-orientation: "dive deeply into viewing applications (and even code itself) through a data-centric lens"