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40. The Ultimate Dev SetupFreebie
This one tool will transform how you program. It’s time to raise your standards!
39. Integrant
Integrant is a “micro-framework for data-driven architecture”. It manages the lifecycle of your application, and the dependencies between components, similar to Component or Mount, but with some very different design decisions.
Integrant forms the foundation for Duct, a Clojure web framework by James Reeves, aka Weavejester.
38. Transducers
Transducers are a Clojure feature allowing you to write code that is efficient, reusable, and composable. They have been around for several years, landing first in Clojure 1.8, but even some experienced Clojure programmers are not yet reaping the benefits of their use. In this episode we’ll look at the problems that Transducers solve, and how you use them in practice.
37. Datomic Quickstart, part 2
Datomic is a database based on the same principles that underly the design of Clojure itself. Learn what makes it different, and how to start using from Clojure immediately.
This second part dives deeper into transacting entities and querying them.
36. Datomic Quickstart, part 1Freebie
Datomic is a database based on the same principles that underly the design of Clojure itself. Learn what makes it different, and how to start using from Clojure immediately.
This first part gives an overview of the architecture and data model, and walks you through your first transactions.
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Learn how to build reactive user interfaces based on ClojureScript and React.js. These episodes gradually build up your knowledge. You start by building a small app using React directly, then move on to using Reagent, a popular wrapper library. Finally you learn how to give your Reagent apps a more coherent structure based on re-frame.
The Ring library forms the core of Clojure web development. If you're not sure where to start then this is the series for you. It will give you a solid foundation of the core abstractions involved. It also introduces the Compojure routing library, providing an easy way to start building real apps.
Datomic is an immutable database from Cognitect, the makers of Clojure. It has some powerful features and integrates nicely with Clojure's functions and data structures. This series teaches you about the architecture and data model of Datomic, as well as providing a practical tutorial to get up to speed quickly.
An extensive test suite is essential when maintaining a non-trivial code base over time. This series of episodes looks at various aspects of testing in Clojure, as well interesting libraries to add to your toolbox.
To manage the lifecycle of an application, it's become common practice to divide the system up into components, with dependencies between them. Stuart Sierra's Component library was the first to popularize this concept and can still be considered the reference implementation. The pattern is simple enough, but it does require some knowledge of Clojure's types and records functionality, so those are introduced first. This series also covers the System library, a handy collection of reusable components.
ClojureScript has revolutionized frontend development. The initial learning curve can be steep, but once you're over that initial hump the payoff is great. Learn how to tame the ClojureScript compiler, and how to bridge the gap between your functional ClojureScript code and the wild world of JavaScript.
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In this series, core aspects of Clojure are taken apart and put together again, to see what exactly makes them tick. Seq, records, protocol, core functions and essential libraries. Level up now!