Programming Clojure by Miller, Alex -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Programming Clojure, Third Editio n

About the Pragmatic Bookshelf Table of Contents Early praise for Programming Clojure, Third Edition Acknowledgments Introduction

Who This Book Is For What’s in This Book How to Read This Book Notation Conventions Web Resources and Feedback Downloading Sample Code

Chapter 1: Getting Started

Simplicity and Power in Action Clojure Coding Quick Start Navigating Clojure Librar ies Wrapping Up

Chapter 2: Exploring Clojure

Reading Clojure Functions Vars, Bindings, and Namespace s Metadata Calling Java Comments Flow Control Where’s My for Loop? Wrapping Up

Chapter 3: Unifying Data with Sequences

Everything Is a Sequence Using the Sequence Library Lazy and Infinite Sequences Clojure Makes Java Seq-abl e Calling Structure-Specif ic Functions Wrapping Up

Chapter 4: Functional Programming

Functional Programmin g Concepts How to Be Lazy Lazier Than Lazy Recursion Revisited Eager Transformations Wrapping Up

Chapter 5: Specifications

Defining Specs Validating Data Validating Functions Generative Function Testing Wrapping Up

Chapter 6: State and Concurrency

Concurrency, Parallelism, and L ocking Refs and Software Trans actional Memory Use Atoms for Uncoordinated, Synchronous Upda tes Use Agents for Asynchronous Updates Managing Per-Thread State with Vars A Clojure Snake Wrapping Up

Chapter 7: Protocols and Datatypes

Programming to Abstractions Interfaces Protocols Datatypes Records reify Wrapping Up

Chapter 8: Macros

When to Use Macros Writing a Control Flow Mac ro Making Macros Simpler Taxonomy of Macros Wrapping Up

Chapter 9: Multimethods

Living Without Multimetho ds Defining Multimethods Moving Beyond Simple Dispatch Creating Ad Hoc Taxonomies When Should I Use Multim ethods? Wrapping Up

Chapter 10: Java Interop

Creating Java Objects in Clojure Calling Clojure From Java Exception Handling Optimizing for Performance A Real-World Example Wrapping Up

Chapter 11: Building an Application

Getting Started Developing the Game Loop Representing Progress Implementing Players Interactive Play Documenting and Testing Your Game Farewell

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