Practical Clojure Full Introduction to Clojure, a full Lisp variant for the JVM

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 software transactional memory (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, starting with simple tasks and moving on to more complex applications

1. The Clojure Way
2. The Clojure Environment
3. Controlling Program Flow
4. Data in Clojure
5. Sequences
6. State Management
7. Namespaces and Libraries
8. Metadata
9. Multimethods and Hierarchies
10. Java Interoperability
11. Parallel Programming
12. Macros and Metaprogramming
13. Datatypes and Protocols
14. Performance

Luke VanderHart is a professional software developer living and working in Washington, D.C. as a consultant with NuWave Solutions. He has more than five years of experience working with the Java platform, and has worked on programs ranging from distributed client-server networks serving and synchronizing semantic XML data, to GUI development using Java Swing, to enterprise web portals serving tens of thousands of pages per day. He is a very active member of the Clojure community.