num_pages: 264
description: Clear practical Clojure for the professional programmer Professional Clojure is the experienced developer's guide to functional programming using the Clojure language. Designed specifically to meet the needs of professional developers this book briefly introduces functional programming before skipping directly to the heart of using Clojure in a real-world setting. The discussion details the readevalprint workflow that enables fast feedback loops then dives into enterprise-level Clojure development with expert guidance on web services testing datomics performance and more. Read from beginning to end this book serves as a clear direct guide to Clojure programmingbut the comprehensive coverage and detail makes it extraordinarily useful as a quick reference for mid-project snags. The author team includes four professional Clojure developers ensuring professional-level instruction from a highly practical perspective. Clojure is an open-source programming language maintained and supported by Cognitect. and quickly gaining use across industries at companies like Amazon Walmart Facebook Netflix and more. This guide provides a concise yet thorough resource for professional developers needing to quickly put Clojure to work. Clojure is a modern dialect of Lisp designed for concurrency and Java compatibility. It can be used with the Java virtual machine Microsoft's Common Language Runtime and JavaScript engines providing a level of both versatility and functionality that is appealing to more and more enterprise-level developers. As requirements grow increasingly complex stepping away from imperative programming can dramatically streamline the development workflow. Professional Clojure provides the expert instruction that gets professionals up to speed and back to work quickly.
language: English
title: Professional Clojure
publisher: Wrox