Clojure is a dynamic programming language that targets the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Designed as a general purpose language, Clojure combines the approachability of a scripting language with a robust infrastructure for multithreaded programming.
Clojure is predominantly a functional programming language, and features a rich set of immutable, persistent data structures.
Clojure is open source, and information about contributing to the language can be found here.
Rich Hickey, the creator of Clojure, wanted a modern Lisp for functional programming, symbiotic with the established Java platform, and designed for concurrency; thus, Clojure was born.
Here are a couple quotes that exemplify the goals of Clojure:
(ns hello-world)
(defn hello
([] (hello "World"))
([name] (str "Hello, " name "!")))
I have spent time with the Clojure, Elixir & Go tracks and all have been incredibly beneficial, providing self-contained finite problems with which to learn the language. The Go language track has been wonderful in introducing me to the language, what idiomatic code is, and the many different ways in which one can solve a problem.
Once you join the Clojure language track, you will receive support and feedback from our team of mentors. Here are the bios of a few of the mentors of this track.
These are a few of the 75 exercises on the Clojure track. You can see all the exercises here.
The Clojure Maintainers are the brains behind the Clojure Track. They spend their spare time creating interesting and challenging exercises that we can all learn from. We are incredibly grateful for their hard work. Here are the bios of a few of the maintainers of this track.
