Clojure in Action

Table of Contents

Copyright

Brief Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

About this Book

1. Getting started

Chapter 1. Introduction to Clojure

1.1. What is Clojure?

1.1.1. Clojure—the reincarnation of Lisp

1.1.2. How we got here

1.1.3. How this book teaches Clojure

1.2. Understanding Clojure syntax

1.2.1. XML and parentheses

1.2.2. Lists, vectors, and hashes

1.3. The sources of Clojure’s power

1.3.1. Clojure and Lisp

1.3.2. Clojure and functional programming

1.3.3. Clojure and the JVM

1.3.4. Clojure as a Lisp

1.3.5. More advantages of Clojure

1.3.6. Clojure as a functional language

1.3.7. Clojure as a JVM-based Language

1.4. Clojure—beyond object orientation

1.5. Summary

Chapter 2. A whirlwind tour

2.1. Getting ...