Praise for the First Edition

The authors blaze through many of the classics of both functional programming and industry programming in a whirlwind tour of Clojure that feels at times more like a class-five tropical storm. You’ll learn fast!

From the Foreword by Steve Yegge, Google

The Joy of Clojure wants to make you a better programmer, not just a better Clojure programmer. I would absolutely recommend this to anyone I know who had an interest in Clojure and/or functional programming.

Rob Friesel Dealer.com Websystems

Teaches the Tao of Clojure and, oh boy, it’s such a joy! Simply unputdownable!

Baishampayan Ghose (BG) Cofounder & CTO, Qotd, Inc.

The Clojure community, present and future, will be grateful for this book.

Andrew Oswald ...

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