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Distributed Apps: The Joys of Testing and Debugging
Chris Houser discusses stack traces in Clojure and introduces a library for investigating activity across multiple threads and servers, plus a technique for reproducing race conditions.
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Macros are Hard!
David McNeil introduces a model for thinking about Clojure evaluation through code samples with the purpose for an easier understanding and writing of macros.
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Beyond Ninjas: DOM Manipulation with ClojureScript and Domina
Luke VanderHart introduces Domina – DOM manipulation library –, explaining a new way of writing dynamic web pages.
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Building ClojureScript Libraries: Google Closure and Challenges of a Young Language
Creighton Kirkendall introduces Google Closure Tools and the challenges writing a ClojureScript library.
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ClojureScript Anatomy
Michael Fogus discusses the internal workings of ClojureScript, how it analyzes and compiles Clojure code to JavaScript.
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Bootstrapping Clojure at Groupon
Tyler Jennings presents how he ended up choosing Clojure, how he is using a Ruby tool-chain in Clojure, plus advice on introducing Clojure to a team.
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DSLs in Clojure
Jim Duey advises on solving a problem by dividing it in smaller requirements that are dealt with, then using DSLs to compose results into one big solution. Code samples in Clojure.
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Engineering(,) A Path to Science: "I don't want to die in a language I can't understand"
Richard P. Gabriel expands upon “Mixin-based Inheritance” by G. Bracha and W. Cook, observing that software engineering precedes science and incommensurability can be used to detect paradigm shifts.
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Namespaces, Vars, and Symbols (Oh, My!)
Craig Andera explains how some of the main Clojure constructs – namespaces, vars, symbols – are processed during the read and eval phases of the compilation.
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Continuous Testing in Clojure
Bill Caputo discusses adopting continuous testing for Clojure, what are the goals of such a practice, how it differs from other languages, practical considerations (tools, setup) and a demonstration.
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The Generative Generation
Aaron Bedra shows code samples for writing Clojure tests using the test.generative framework, explaining why this framework and testing are useful.
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Thinking in Data
Stuart Sierra discusses using a data-oriented programming approach in order to create programs that are easier to write and test. The session is accompanied with Clojure code samples.
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