Learning Clojure - What should I know about Java and more.
- by kartan
Hello,
I have started learning Clojure recently, my main programming language is Ruby and I have no Java experience whatsoever.
Which Java standard classes are a must to know when working with Clojure?
Obviously Clojure doesn't come with a wrapper for everything and a lot of functionality
is provided by Java's libraries.
There's like a gazillion of them on javadocs - which ones should I explore?
Where do I look for and how do I install third party libraries?
In Ruby I'd visit Rubyforge or Rubytoolbox and then just gem install the package I found interesting.
Which editor/ide for Clojure would you recommend (with the lowest learning curve)?
I am trying to use Netbeans with Enclojure and paradoxally it's my biggest obstacle so far:
Each generated project has some xml files, folders, library dependencies etc. the purpose of I have no clue.
I am doing some labrepl exercises and wanted to try out some of the bundled libraries separately in a new project, but this simple task I cannot accomplish :/
Are there any clojure community driven blogs with news, code tips etc?