SummaryThe Joy of Clojure, Second Edition is a deep look at the Clojure language. Fully updated for Clojure 1.6, this new edition goes beyond just syntax to show you the "why" of Clojure and how to write fluent Clojure code. You'll learn functional and declarative approaches to programming and will master the techniques that make Clojure so elegant and efficient.Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.About the TechnologyThe Clojure programming language is a dialect of Lisp that runs on the Java Virtual Machine and JavaScript runtimes. It is a functional programming language that offers great performance, expressive power, and stability by design. It gives you built-in concurrency and the predictable precision of immutable and persistent data structures. And it's really, really fast. The instant you see long blocks of Java or Ruby dissolve into a few lines of Clojure, you'll know why the authors of this book call it a "joyful language." It's no wonder that enterprises like Staples are betting their infrastructure on Clojure.About the BookThe Joy of Clojure, Second Edition is a deep account of the Clojure language. Fully updated for Clojure 1.6, this new edition goes beyond the syntax to show you how to write fluent Clojure code. You'll learn functional and declarative approaches to programming and will master techniques that make Clojure elegant and efficient. The book shows you how to solve hard problems related to concurrency, interoperability, and performance, and how great it can be to think in the Clojure way.Appropriate for readers with some experience using Clojure or common Lisp.What's Inside

• Build web apps using ClojureScript
• Master functional programming techniques
• Simplify concurrency
• Covers Clojure 1.6

About the AuthorsMichael Fogus and Chris Houser are contributors to the Clojure and ClojureScript programming languages and the authors of various Clojure libraries and language features.Table of ContentsPART 1 FOUNDATIONS

Clojure philosophy

Drinking from the Clojure fire hose

Dipping your toes in the pool

PART 2 DATA TYPES

On scalars

Collection types

PART 3 FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING

Being lazy and set in your ways

Functional programming

PART 4 LARGE-SCALE DESIGN

Macros

Combining data and code

Mutation and concurrency

Parallelism

PART 5 HOST SYMBIOSIS

Java.next

Why ClojureScript?

PART 6 TANGENTIAL CONSIDERATIONS

Data-oriented programming

Performance

Thinking programs

Clojure changes the way you think