clojure-onboarding.md

Functional Programming Mindset

• Out of the Tar Pit (highly recommended)
• Why Functional Programming Matters

Style Guides/Best Practices

• Clojure Style Guide
• Better Clojure Formatting
• Library Coding Standards
• How to name Clojure functions (Stuart Sierra)
• How to ns
• Namespace Aliases
• Readable Clojure (Opinionated)

Development Workflow

Some good plugins to improve your workflow

• clj-kondo: A linter for Clojure code that sparks joy
• ultra: A Leiningen plugin for a superior development environment
• pyro: Light up your Clojure stacktraces
• lein-try: A Leiningen plugin for trying out new libraries
• Carve: Carve out the essentials of your Clojure app

Talks

Running With Scissors: Live Coding With Data

Rich Hickey Talks (Highly Recommended)

• Clojure made simple
• Simplicity Matters
• The value of values
• Are we there yet?
• Hammock Driven Development

Additional Reads

• Lambda Calculus
  • Learn X in Y minutes where X=Lambda Calculus