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Solving Problems the Clojure Way - Rafal Dittwald

Clojure/north · May 24, 2019 · 1h 2m

What this video covers

Rafal Dittwald's Clojure/north talk shows how to move from writing Java-style code in Clojure to thinking in data-driven, functional terms. He walks through a JavaScript example, refactoring imperative code step by step into a functional core.

Why it surfaced in Hacker News

HN repeatedly recommends it as a fantastic demonstration of procedural, OOP and FP approaches to the same problem, and of functional core and imperative shell.

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Recommendation context

Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.

“It is a great video and is highly recommended.”

“I highly recommend watching”

“I urge you to watch this fantastic video which illustrates procedural, OOP(lite), and FP approaches to a sample problem”

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