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Beginning ClojureScript: How not to learn a new...

Beginning ClojureScript: How not to learn a new language

Talk I gave at Sydney's Clojure meetup about my experience of learning ClojureScript.

Greg Goltsov

October 03, 2017
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  1. — Re-frame — A lot of JS intro with Leaflet.js

    Translating to JS is annoying to begin with, but Figwheel kicks in. DB as a global state + no args events for super-quick prototyping.
  2. — Re-com + re-frisk — Crazy fast for building interfaces.

    No more CSS hate. Hard to style nicely. Global state + re-frist = happiness.
  3. Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the

    wise; seek what they sought — Matsuo Basho
  4. 1 hour daily “one small improvement” rewarding 3 hours every

    Saturday huge leap daunting, feeling behind Consistency >> Inspiration
  5. Decent resources Lambda Island, helps with JS intro CLJSJS for

    importing JS libraries re-frame-template for general awesomeness Clojure for Brave and True — great learning book Parens of the Dead — funky way of learning CLJS Speaking.io — Because “imagine everyone's naked” is terrible advice.