3 HN users recommended this tutorial3 months2021–2023score 3.5
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026
HN commenters recommend it as a clear, enjoyable introduction to Clojure and a good example of REPL-driven development.
James Trunk introduces Clojure syntax and thinking, covering its core data structures, immutability, the thread-last macro and live data analysis in the REPL.
“gave one of the most clear and enjoyable technical introductions to Clojure I've seen. Recommended!” (HN, 2023)
James Trunk, who is now Griffin's VP of Engineering, gave one of the most clear and enjoyable technical introductions to Clojure I've seen. Recommended! [this video]
Clear, enjoyable technical introduction to Clojure
There are multiple options to approach the Clojure* ecosystem. But yes, it is more focused towards dedicated and experienced developers overall. I use IntelliJ Idea + Cursive for development and that seems quite comfortable. I have a very rough sketch of the environment setup for a real app here: [link] We use a similar setup to develop OrgPad itself. You can use Babashka [link] for a quick and dirty setup to get you up and running quickly. That is also useful for scripting some things. You might also try shadow-cljs + ClojureScript, if you are more at home in the Node.js/ Browser JavaScript ecosystem and want to do something with it. There is a new "(Not)Babashka" but built on ClojureScript: [link] that might be interesting as well. I have found this video by James Trunk: [this video] to have a very nice live coding example.
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