Clojure Workshop (Bring a Laptop)

Clojure is earning attention as one of the most innovative languages of the JVM in use today. It draws the attention of elite developers with features like software transactional memory and its commitment to functional programming paradigms, and has clean Java interoperability besides. But beyond the buzzwords is a syntax that many developers find intimidating. There is no reason for this to be a barrier!

In this hands-on workshop, you'll write a series of small Clojure programs to solve ordinary programming problems like counting list elements, processing strings, and querying databases. Your instructor will explain each exercise to you in advance, giving you a chance to code it the provided LabREPL before showing you the solution. Bring a laptop, and be prepared to pair with a friend! You'll see that Clojure is not as hard as it might look.

About Tim Berglund

Tim is a teacher, author, and technology leader with Confluent, where he serves as the Vice President of Developer Relations. He is a regular speaker at conferences and a presence on YouTube explaining complex technology topics in an accessible way. He tweets as @tlberglund, blogs every few years at http://timberglund.com. He has three grown children and two grandchildren, a fact about which he is rather excited.

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