Beginning ClojureScript: How not to learn a new language

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   Beginning ClojureScript How not to learn a new language @gregoltsov

   www.gregory.goltsov.info gregory@goltsov.info
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   Watched & loved Simple Made Easy. “I’m learning Clojure”

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   Watched & loved Simple Made Easy. “I’m learning Clojure”

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   This was 5 years ago

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   Demo

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   — Why? — Too much Angular. Front-end never felt right.

   Gulp, webpack, whaaa?
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   Enter ClojureScript Re-frame Re-frisk Figwheel

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   — Re-frame — Amazing wiki Starter apps Simple toolbelt Easy-ish

   to start for noobs like me
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    — 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.
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    — Re-com + re-frisk — Crazy fast for building interfaces.

    No more CSS hate. Hard to style nicely. Global state + re-frist = happiness.
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    Starter App TodoMVC

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    Lessons learned

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    If you’re starting, Clojure + Emacs = Fail

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    Start with tech you already know Python + Flask

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    lein vs boot

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    lein vs boot

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    tooo vs calendar

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    todo vs calendar Plan (getplan.co) vs Todoist

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    4clojure?

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    4clojure?

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    Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the

    wise; seek what they sought — Matsuo Basho
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    Commit to a project

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    Commit to a project

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    Commit to a giving a talk I have no idea

    what I’m doing
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    Consistency >> Inspiration

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    1 hour daily “one small improvement” rewarding 3 hours every

    Saturday huge leap daunting, feeling behind Consistency >> Inspiration
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    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.
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    (end rant) Thanks! @gregoltsov www.gregory.goltsov.info gregory@goltsov.info