Building Marvelous and Heroic Systems from the Ground Up - Mark Bastian (Workshop)

Clojure is a fantastically powerful, yet simple language. Despite this assertion, it is not uncommon for those new to the language to have a hard time grasping how to build complete applications from the basic building blocks of Clojure. This workshop will bridge the gap from the basics of data literals all the way to building a complete, stateful web backend application. Participants will learn the following key takeaways: Clojure is a data-centric language that frees developers to think about their problems simply and clearly. The core functions of Clojure can be thought of as a powerful data DSL that is appropriate for working and thinking in any domain. Clojure code is often developed in a bottom-up, functional style. Powerful libraries exist beyond Clojure core that are also built on data-driven and functional concepts. Stateful applications can be developed and organized in a functional manner by pushing state to the edges of their applications and isolating stateful components.