Writing the Next Clojure Book
Some of you may already know this, but for those unaware I have teamed up with Chris Houser to write a Clojure book for Manning Publishing. The precise details of how this came about are too numerous to recount here and in all likelihood would just work to bore you. The book The Joy of Clojure will be intended as the next book on Clojure, delving not only into the how, but also the why of Clojure.
Working with Chouser has been awe-inspiring and humbling as the guy solves complex Clojure problems in his sleep. He is without question, the best possible co-author that I could have. We will talk more about the book as time passes and as time allows. Aside from the content of the book, we’ve been hacking together a pretty cool set of writer workflow tools rooted in a basterdized version of Markdown using Clojure. We will likely open source that code one day.
In the meantime, more information for The Joy of Clojure can be found1 on the official website. We now have an early access (MEAP) version available on Manning’s “Joy of Clojure” page. If you decide to purchase please consider sending us feedback — any and all is welcome.
I would like to thank2 the many people who have helped along the way by providing valueable feedback including (in no particular order): Rich Hickey, David Edgar Liebke, Phil Hagelberg, Tim Wee, Allen Rohner, Sari Connard, Rick Moynihan, Roland Sadowski, Patrick Li and a host of anonymous reviewers. Without your constructive comments this book would never have had a chance.
-m
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12 Comments, Comment or Ping
Grant Rettke
Congratulations!
Why Markdown? Why not PLT’s Scribble or Knuth’s TeX?
Jan 11th, 2010
Kanak Kshetri
The table of contents looks very nice. I like the fact that there seems to be a lot of focus on “Why / When to use feature X” rather than enumerating the features. Looking forward to the book.
Jan 12th, 2010
lispython
第二本Clojure书：The Joy of Clojure http://blog.fogus.me/2010/01/11/writing-the-next-clojure-book/
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Jan 12th, 2010
Alex Ott
Wow! Manning planning to release so many interesting books
Jan 12th, 2010
perttuauramo
New Clojure book coming http://blog.fogus.me/2010/01/11/writing-the-next-clojure-book/
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Jan 12th, 2010
fogus
@Rettke
No particular reason but we both knew Markdown so could just focus in on the content instead of learning something new.
Jan 12th, 2010
craigandera
is looking forward to reading this. http://blog.fogus.me/2010/01/11/writing-the-next-clojure-book/
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Jan 12th, 2010
rodjure
No doubting the extreme quality of the Authors. However I had hoped for something different from the fourth clojure book but this seems too much like another “me too” clojure book. The basics have been explained in 3 books announced before this one (pragprog, apress, manning 1). I had hoped for something more hardcore perhaps at the level of a “Let over Lambda” for Clojure, advanced macrology stuff, leave out yet another explanation of the key Clojure features. Perhaps that’s another book.
Which version of clojure is it going to be based on?
Jan 14th, 2010
pokarim
Manningから出る予定のClojure本は一体いつ出るんだろうか。 http://blog.fogus.me/2010/01/11/writing-the-next-clojure-book/
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Jan 14th, 2010
fogus
@rodjer
I can’t speak for Let Over Lambda or the other new Clojure books as I have not read them. However, if you’re looking for advanced macrology then we will attempt to satisfy. As for the version we will cover the latest version that exists prior to the book’s final release which at the moment looks to be 1.2, but even if we release before then we’ll be covering 1.2 features.
Jan 14th, 2010
no
I also hope you both will not waste your talent and experience on yet another introduction, but concentrate on some specialized topics. I don’t even care what these topics are (I would fully trust your choices), but I think a lot of people want a deeper book on Clojure. I’ve been pretty much disappointed by Stuart Halloway’s book since I already had a few month’s worth of Clojure experience. If you somehow hit the philosophical angle of Rich’s more recent presentation(s) about identity and state and their importance on design, I could not be happier.
Jan 18th, 2010
fogus
@no
It would be difficult to write a better intro book than Halloway’s. This is why Chouser and I are trying to provide something deeper. If you like the discussions on state, time, and identity then I think you’ll like our book.
Jan 18th, 2010
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