Why is functional programming becoming such a hot topic? Just what _is_ functional programming anyway? And when am I going to have to know about it? In this talk Uncle Bob will walk you through the rationale that is driving the current push towards functional programming. He’ll also introduce you …
This talk surveys the current state of immutable data in Ruby, JavaScript and Python, comparing and contrasting it to Clojure. Following the rise of Clojure, many of us have become aware of the idea of immutable data structures and their benefits.
Languages that run on the JVM are represented by their gurus in this session. These advocates show off the shiny new language features and battle for bragging rights for the most popular language. Returning from 2011 are language gurus representing Clojure, Groovy, JRuby, and Scala.
Java is the main language for the JVM, but it has several shortcomings. In the last few years, several modern languages such as Groovy, Scala, and Clojure have emerged for the JVM besides the almighty Java to improve the programming experience and create sustainable software.
Clojure is often described as a small Java library for some concurrency improvements. It’s not easy to write a proper concurrent application on JVM and any help in this area is always warmly welcome. In general, Clojure is a Lisp-like functional programming language that runs on the Java Virtual Machine …
In this screencast, the core developers of Clojure, present a basic introduction to coding in Clojure and show some of its strengths and distinctive coding style.
