Clojure Programming Cookbook

Handle every problem you come across in the world of Clojure programming with this expert collection of recipes

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited

Paid access

|Jul 2025

E-Book €32.99Institutions €132.95

Description

Handle every problem you come across in the world of Clojure programming with this expert collection of recipes

Key Features

Discover a wide variety of practical cases and real world techniques to enhance your productivity with Clojure.
Learn to resolve the everyday issues you face with a functional mindset using Clojure
You will learn to write highly efficient, more productive, and error-free programs without the risk of deadlocks and race-conditions

Book Description

When it comes to learning and using a new language you need an effective guide to be by your side when things get rough. For Clojure developers, these recipes have everything you need to take on everything this language offers.
This book is divided into three high impact sections. The first section gives you an introduction to live programming and best practices. We show you how to interact with your connections by manipulating, transforming, and merging collections. You’ll learn how to work with macros, protocols, multi-methods, and transducers. We’ll also teach you how to work with languages such as Java, and Scala.
The next section deals with intermediate-level content and enhances your Clojure skills, here we’ll teach you concurrency programming with Clojure for high performance. We will provide you with advanced best practices, tips on Clojure programming, and show you how to work with Clojure while developing applications.
In the final section you will learn how to test, deploy and analyze websocket behavior when your app is deployed in the cloud. Finally, we will take you through DevOps. Developing with Clojure has never been easier with these recipes by your side!

What you will learn

Manipulate, access, filter, and transform your data with Clojure
Write efficient parallelized code through Clojure abstractions
Tackle Complex Concurrency easily with Reactive Programming
Build on Haskell abstractions to write dynamic functional tests
Write AWS Lambda functions effortlessly
Put Clojure in use into your IoT devices
Use Clojure with Slack for instant monitoring
Scaling your Clojure application using Docker
Develop real-time system interactions using MQTT and websockets

Who this book is for

This book is for Clojure developers who have some Clojure programming experience and are well aware of their shortcomings. If you want to learn to tackle common problems, become an expert, and develop a solid skill set, then this book is for you.