ClojureScript: Up and Running

ClojureScript: Up and Running, 9781449327439 (1449327435), O'Reilly, 2012

This book is for software developers who want to learn how to get started using ClojureScript to build web browser applications. This book will not assume any prior knowledge of ClojureScript. We do assume that you have at least a basic working knowledge of the core JavaScript language. For the sections of this book that deal with ClojureScript in a web browser, we assume you are familiar with HTML, CSS, the DOM, and how they are manipulated in JavaScript.

While this book will not assume any prior knowledge of Clojure, it is not designed to be a comprehensive reference to the Clojure programming language. We will explain Clojure language concepts in ClojureScript as they become important, but we also recommend picking up a book on Clojure for a more thorough guide to the language. The authors of this book wrote Practical Clojure (Apress, 2010) and O’Reilly has released Clojure Programming by our friends Chas Emerick, Brian Carper, and Christophe Grand.

Learn how to build complete client-side applications with ClojureScript, the Clojure language variant that compiles to optimized JavaScript. This hands-on introduction shows you how ClojureScript not only has similarities to JavaScript—without the flaws—but also supports the full semantics of its parent language. You’ll delve into ClojureScript’s immutable data structures, lazy sequences, first-class functions, macros, and support for JavaScript libraries.

No previous experience with Clojure or ClojureScript is necessary. If you’re familiar with JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and the DOM, you’ll quickly discover that ClojureScript has the same reach as JavaScript, but with more power.

Start writing ClojureScript code with the Leiningen build system
Learn how the ClojureScript compiler works to produce optimized JavaScript
Use JavaScript functions and libraries directly from ClojureScript code
Explore functions in Clojure’s sequence library such as map, reduce, and filter
Use macros to define new control structures or embed domain-specific languages
Compile manually or script your own workflow with ClojureScript’s compiler tools
Integrate ClojureScript with Clojure on the JVM to build powerful client-server applications

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