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Beginning to Clojure

Lately, I’ve been training some people outside of my day job in Clojure. This will be their first focused foray into the language. I am no expert myself, but part of the magic of Clojure is that it’s simple to pick up, but difficult to master. So, I feel like if I can set a solid foundation, then they will feel confident to take ownership of their learning. It may even result in something they can add to their resume. I know some of these people are really interested in changing industries to get into software development. A little mentorship goes a long way.

In this article, I’m going go through my beginner training process. Here’s the TL;DR:

  • Install Corretto 8 and Clojure

  • Don’t install Leiningen (but be aware of its existence) or Emacs; instead, use Visual Studio Code (and the Calva extension)

  • Create a new directory for your code

  • Create a new file called deps.edn in the new directory you created

  • Make the contents of deps.edn this: {}

  • Open the new directory you created in Visual Studio Code

  • Jack-in to your REPL with Visual Studio Code with Calva

  • Read up to Chapter 5 of Clojure for the Brave and True (Skip Chapter 2)

  • Make a GitHub repository and show me what you learned from the book

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