Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; About the Authors; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 The Clojure Way; Chapter 2 The Clojure Environment; Chapter 3 Controlling Program Flow; Chapter 4 Data in Clojure; Chapter 5 Sequences; Chapter 6 State Management; Chapter 7 Namespaces and Libraries; Chapter 8 Metadata; Chapter 9 Multimethods and Hierarchies; Chapter 10 Java Interoperability; Chapter 11 Parallel Programming; Chapter 12 Macros and Metaprogramming; Chapter 13 Datatypes and Protocols; Chapter 14 Performance; Index
Summary
This book is the first definitive reference for the Clojure language, providing both an introduction to functional programming in general and a more specific introduction to Clojure's features. This book demonstrates the use of the language through examples, including features such as STM and immutability, which may be new to programmers coming from other languages. * Overview of functional programming and description of what sets Clojure apart from other languages * Detailed explanation of Clojure's special features * Examples of real-world tasks that are well-suited to Clojure's capabilities
