Web Applications in Clojure

Clojure is a JVM language that makes the impossible come true: a Lisp dialect which can actually be read and used by humans. This talk will quickly introduce the Clojure language and describe how to develop web applications with it. Even if you are afraid of parentheses, you will quickly understand why a functional language like Clojure is the perfect choice for implementing web applications, especially since it fits very well with the stateless HTTP approach

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1. Web Applications in Clojure (Parentheses are nothing to be afraid of) Joy Clark Functional Programming Enthusiast
2. Joy Clark Consultant @ innoQ joy.clark@innoq.com @iamjoyclark
3. @iamjoyclark http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/
4. @iamjoyclark Clojure > Lisp Variant for the JVM > Functional Language > Dynamically Typed > Immutable Data Structures > Simplicity - Separation of Data and Behavior
5. @iamjoyclark Data Structures “Hello World” 3 3.14 3/2 \a :first foo #“Ch.*se” (“Hello” :first) [3 4 3] { :name “Joy” :company “innoQ” } #{3 4 3}
6. @iamjoyclark Syntax “You’ve just seen it” - Rich Hickey
7. @iamjoyclark Functions (+ 1 2) > 3 (:city {:name “innoQ” :city “Monheim”}) > “Monheim” (map inc [1 2 3]) > (2 3 4)
8. @iamjoyclark Functions (fn [x y] (+ x y)) (def add (fn [x y] (+ x y))) (defn add [x y] (+ x y))
9. @iamjoyclark Web Applications
10. @iamjoyclark What’s a Web Application?
11. @iamjoyclark Ring https://github.com/ring-clojure/ring • HTTP Server abstraction • Request & Response are data • Web App is a function
12. @iamjoyclark Ring
13. @iamjoyclark Ring: Request {:uri “/”
 :params { :name “Joy” } :request-method :get :headers { … } …}
14. @iamjoyclark Ring: Response {:status 200 :headers { … }
 :body “Hello!”}
15. @iamjoyclark Ring: Handler (defn example-app [request] (let [name (get-in request [:params :name])] {:status 200
 :headers {“Content-Type” “text/plain”} :body (str “Hello, ” name “!”)}))
16. @iamjoyclark Ring: Adapter > Jetty > Servlet > http-kit > Tomcat > …
17. @iamjoyclark Ring: Middleware (defn wrap-logging [handler] (fn [request] (print request)
 (let [response (handler request)] (print response) response))) webapp Java HTTP Server Ring Server Adapter middleware middleware
18. @iamjoyclark Ring: Middleware > https://github.com/ring-clojure/ring-defaults > https://github.com/ring-clojure/ring-json
19. @iamjoyclark Compojure https://github.com/weavejester/compojure
20. @iamjoyclark Compojure
21. @iamjoyclark Compojure: Routes (defroutes app-routes (GET “/” request (list-users request)) (POST “/” {params :params :as request} (add-user request params)) (GET “/:username” [username :as request] (get-user request username)))
22. @iamjoyclark Putting it all together
23. @iamjoyclark HTML Templating
24. @iamjoyclark Hiccup: Basics [:div {:id “foo”} [:span “bar”]] <div id=“foo”> <span>bar</span> </div> https://github.com/weavejester/hiccup
25. @iamjoyclark Hiccup: Security (defn render-html [input] (hiccup.util/escape-html (hiccup.core/html input))) Make sure to escape HTML when using Hiccup!
26. @iamjoyclark Hiccup: Links (link-to “www.innoq.com” “innoQ”) <a href=“www.innoq.com”> innoQ </a> [:a {:href “www.innoq.com”} “innoQ”]
27. @iamjoyclark Hiccup: Formulare (form-to [:post “/login”] (text-field “Username”) (password-field “Password”) (submit-button “Login”))
28. @iamjoyclark Hiccup: Alternatives > https://github.com/cgrand/enlive > https://github.com/yogthos/Selmer
29. @iamjoyclark Summary
30. @iamjoyclark Summary > Functional Language ideal for Web Apps > Clojure usage is increasing > Libraries vs. Frameworks > Community is healthy and welcoming
31. @iamjoyclark Interesting Libraries > https://github.com/technomancy/leiningen > https://github.com/weavejester/environ > https://github.com/krisajenkins/yesql
32. @iamjoyclark “Frameworks” > https://github.com/weavejester/duct > http://www.luminusweb.net > https://github.com/otto-de/tesla-microservice > https://github.com/metosin/compojure-api
33. Joy Clark | @iamjoyclark joy.clark@innoq.com Tutorial: https://github.com/innoq/tutorial-clj-webapp Thank you!