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Knockbox, an Eventual Consistency Toolkit
Reid Draper introduces Knockbox, an eventual consistency toolbox for Clojure inspired by Statebox, discussing some useful use cases, how to perform garbage collection and testing while using it.
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Introducing Immutant
Jim Crossley introduces Immutant – an application server for Clojure, inspired by TorqueBox and powered by JBoss AS7 –, showing a demo application, how to use it, and exploring its API.
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Building Tools to Help Kids Win with ADHD
Alan Whitaker presents a Clojure application that is used in a pilot program meant to help children with ADHD to improve their condition.
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The Taming of the Deftype
Baishampayan Ghose discusses creating custom data types in Clojure, covering: types vs. records, interfaces and corresponding protocol, mutable types, and example implementations.
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clojure @ runa :: dynamic pricing through DSLs
Amit Rathore discusses DSLs in Clojure along with an example of using Clojure to provide real-time dynamic pricing for online retailers at Runa.
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Clojure-powered Startups
Paul deGrandis examines three startups and their technology needs, risk and tradeoffs, presenting how Clojure did its part in their success.
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What Sucks about Clojure...and Why You'll Love It Anyway
Chas Emerick makes a critique of Clojure outlining its weak points related to namespaces, declare, dynamic scope, STM, JVM and others.
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Statistical Graphics, ClojureScript, &c.
Kevin Lynagh discusses information design and why he thinks programmers suck at that, and how one can implement great data visualizations with Clojure and ClujureScript.
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Programming with Values in Clojure
Alan Dipert discusses the benefits of functional programming in Clojure, suggesting using pure functions to process values and sometimes explicit procedures for needed side effects.
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The Design of Datomic
Rich Hickey discusses the design decisions made for Datomic, a database for JVM languages: what problems they were trying to solve with it, the solutions chosen, and their implementations.
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Evident Code, at Scale
Stuart Halloway shares advice on creating evident code that scales. Evident code is software that clearly expresses its meaning and purpose.
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Why Prismatic Goes Faster With Clojure
Bradford Cross recommends creating custom libraries containing composable abstractions instead of monolithic frameworks, exemplifying with Flop, Store, Graph, and Newsfeeds, all written in Clojure.
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