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The Joy of Clojure, Second Edition
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The Joy of Clojure, Second Edition

by Michael Fogus, Chris Houser
May 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
520 pages
17h 23m
English
Manning Publications
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Chapter 13. Why ClojureScript?

This chapter covers

  • Protocols underlying everything
  • Stages of ClojureScript compilation
  • Web Audio
  • Advanced Google Closure compilation
  • Google Closure externs files
  • Differences between compile and runtime

ClojureScript is a redesign and reimplementation of Clojure and its compiler, written in a combination of Clojure and ClojureScript itself. Although the original purpose of the ClojureScript compiler was primarily to generate JavaScript to target runtimes and devices supporting it, in the long term this may be the least important feature of its design. After all, Clojure’s own compiler, which currently generates JVM bytecode, could have been altered to produce JavaScript as well.

In this chapter, we’ll ...

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