Learn ClojureScript: Table of Contents

Section 0: Why ClojureScript Matters

• Lesson 1: A First Look
  • Introducing ClojureScript
  • ClojureScript’s Sweet Spots
  • ClojureScript 101
  • Summary
• Lesson 2: ClojureScript in the JavaScript Ecosystem
  • Why JavaScript Needs Clojure
  • Why Clojure Needs JavaScript
  • Summary
• Lesson 3: Building Blocks
  • Parens, Parens Everywhere!
  • Core Data Types
  • Summary
• Lesson 4: Expressions and Evaluation
  • Laying the Foundation with S-Expressions
  • Evaluating ClojureScript Code
  • Order of Operations
  • Summary

Section 1: Tools of the Trade

• Lesson 5: Bootstrapping a ClojureScript Project
  • Meeting clj
  • Creating a Project
  • Exploring the Project
  • Summary
• Lesson 6: Receiving Rapid Feedback With Figwheel
  • Testing Live Reloading
  • Writing Reloadable Code
  • Summary
• Lesson 7: REPL Crash Course
  • Understanding the REPL
  • Using a REPL for browser interaction
  • Summary
• Lesson 8: Capstone 1 - Weather Forecasting App
  • Creating an App With Reagent
  • Responding to user input
  • Calling an External API
  • Summary

Section 2: Basic ClojureScript

• Lesson 9: Using Variables and Values
  • Understanding Vars
  • Creating Local Bindings With let
  • Summary
• Lesson 10: Making Choices
  • Example: Adventure Game
  • Making Simple Choices With if And when
  • Truthiness and Falsiness
  • More Complex Choices With cond
  • Summary
• Lesson 11: Looping
  • Manipulating Sequences with for
  • Performing Explicit Recursion with loop and recur
  • Looping for Side Effects
  • Summary
• Lesson 12: Reusing Code with Functions
  • Understanding Functions
  • Defining and Calling Functions
  • Functions as Expressions
  • Recursion 101
  • Summary
• Lesson 13: Interacting With JavaScript Data
  • Using Conversion Functions
  • Working with JavaScript Data Directly
  • Summary
• Lesson 14: Performing I/O
  • Manipulating The DOM
  • Getting User Input
  • Handling Events
  • Summary
• Lesson 15: Capstone 2 - Temperature Converter
  • Creating Markup
  • Code Walkthrough
  • Summary

Section 3: Working With Data

• Lesson 16: Grokking Collections
  • Defining Collections and Sequences
  • Using Lists for Sequential Data
  • Using Vectors for Indexed Data
  • Using Maps for Associative Data
  • Using Sets for Unique Data
  • Summary
• Lesson 17: Discovering Sequence Operations
  • The Sequence Abstraction
  • Transforming With Map
  • Coercing Results With Into
  • Refining With Filter
  • Summary
• Lesson 18: Summarizing Data
  • Understanding Reduce
  • Reduce Use Cases
  • Being More Concise
  • Summary
• Lesson 19: Mastering Data With Maps and Vectors
  • Domain Modeling With Maps and Vectors
  • Working With Associative Data
  • Working With Nested Data
  • Summary
• Lesson 20: Capstone 3 - Contact Book
  • Data Modeling
  • Creating the UI
  • Summary

Section 4: Idiomatic ClojureScript

• Lesson 21: Functional Programming Concepts
  • Composing Behavior from Small Pieces
  • Writing Pure Functions
  • Immutable Data
  • Functional Design Patterns
  • Summary
• Lesson 22: Managing State
  • Atoms
  • Transients
  • Using State Wisely
  • Summary
• Lesson 23: Namespaces and Program Structure
  • Namespace Declarations
  • Grouping Related Functions
  • Namespaces and the REPL
  • Summary
• Lesson 24: Handling Exceptions and Errors
  • Handling Exceptions with try/catch
  • Functional Alternatives to Exceptions
  • Summary
• Lesson 25: Intro to core.async
  • Overview of CSP
  • Go Blocks as Lightweight Processes
  • Communicating Over Channels
  • Channels as Values
  • Summary
• Lesson 26: Capstone 4 - Group Chat
  • Thinking About Interactions
  • Building Components
  • Realtime Communication
  • Summary

Section 5: ClojureScript Applications

• Lesson 27: React as a Platform
  • Functional Programming Model
  • DOM Diffing
  • Creating Fast Apps
  • Summary
• Lesson 28: Using React via Reagent
  • Reactive Data
  • Building Components
  • Updating State
  • Writing Reactive Queries
  • Summary
• Lesson 29: Separate Concerns
  • Connecting Components With Channels
  • Message Patterns
  • Client/Server Architecture
  • Summary
• Lesson 30: Capstone 5 - Notes
  • What We Are Building
  • State Management
  • Building the Application
  • Summary