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Author: Julian Gamble A cookbook for a difficult language like Clojure - can that work? You might want to argue with my characterization of Clojure as being a difficult language. However, it is based on Lisp and most people regard it as not a beginner's language. The problem is that if you can program in Clojure you probably don't want the usual cookbooks that go through simple things like how to reverse a string or remove spaces. Fortunately, this isn't really a traditional cookbook and to call what it presents you with "recipes" is a bit misleading. They are more like small case studies or tutorials on getting something specific done. 
To give you an idea of what sort of thing is covered there is little choice but to list the chapters. Each one takes a standard format with variations as necessary:
The first two chapters are about getting started with Clojure and using the basic tools: 1. Starting Your Project with Leiningen 2. Packaging Clojure for a Java EE Environment
The following six chapters are about creating servers of one kind or another: 3. Creating a REST Server in Compojure 4. Creating a REST Server with Liberator 5. A REST Client in ClojureScript 6. A Simple JSON Server 7. A Simple Server Using the Pedestal Framework 8. A Stock Ticker on the Pedestal Framework Server
Two chapters introduce macros and the way that they can be used: 9. Simplifying Logging with a Macro 10. Extending the Compiler with a Macro
From this point in the book the topics become increasingly applied and general. They serve to show how Clojure can be used to do a job: 11. Simplifying Datomic Syntax by Writing a DSL 12. Reading the SASS DSL and Generating CSS with Clojure Zippers 13. Introduction to Cascalog 14. Cascalog and Hadoop 15. Loading a Data File into Cascalog 16. Writing Out a Data File with Cascalog 17. Cascalog and Structured Data 18. Loading Custom Data Formats into Cascalog 19. Connecting to Datomic from Your Application 20. Getting Started with Storm 21. Getting Started with JMS in Clojure 22. Integrating Storm and JMS
The final few chapters are mostly about deploying and developing with Clojure: 23. A CSV Reader 24. Detecting Errors with a Log Monitoring Application 25. Bundling Clojure as an Ant Plug-in 26. Bundling Clojure as a Maven Plug-in 27. Integrating Clojure by Scripting Web Tests 28. Monitoring Availability with a Website Status Checker
You can tell from the chapter list that this book is mostly about the infrastructure that surrounds Clojure and, as already stated, it isn't a traditional language based recipe book. It doesn't tell you much about Clojure itself but it does tell you about using Clojure with other Clojure- based tools. It goes without saying that you need to be able to program in Clojure and reasonably well before reading it. This book would suit the Clojure programmer who wants to move on from programming toy examples to something real. Of course, how useful it is going to be depends on whether or not any of the recipes apply to you. If even just one does then it is almost certainly worth buying a copy of this book.
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