S1:01 Best and Worst Ways to Learn Clojure 🔮 The Clouncil

A panel of Clojure developers discusses the most effective and least effective strategies for learning the language.

The first episode of The Clouncil!!! With guest appearances from Alex Miller and Peter "Pez" Strömberg #clojure #file #namespaces In this episode we tackle the questions: * What's the best way to learn Clojure? * What's the worst way to learn Clojure? * How do experienced devs navigate Clojure libraries? If you run into a problem, do you go for the PR or try to find * How do I read deps.edn and project.clj, and how do they differ? * Will holding up a boombox playing "Your Eyes" outside Rich Hickey's window land you a job? Visit theclouncil.com/ to find schedule details and submit questions for us 🔥 We had a great time making this, and hope you have a great time watching it 😊 Please join us for the next one! 00:00 Introduction and introductions! 02:31 What is the best way to learn Clojure? 08:02 Object Oriented design patterns in Clojure? 25:50 Roadblocks and how do we handle them? 35:18 deps.edn discussion with a surprise guest! 49:59 Fun! Worst possible answers to our first question! 55:41 Picks from each Clouncillor! Pails, Portal, Notebooks, Caffeine and Minecraft! 01:05:28 In what ways can you and the community help in Ukraine Here are the aid organizations we mentioned: Caritas Ukraine has provided shelter, food, and more to over 100,000 people since the war began. They have a number of options for transfering money on their website. caritas.ua/helpukraine/ Razom is an organization created by Ukrainian diaspora after the 2014 annexation of Crimea. They send over 70 pallets of hospital supplies and medicine to Ukraine every week through their distribution center in Poland. They accept donations via credit card or Paypal. razomforukraine.org/razom-emergency-response/ People in Need is a Czech charity supplying aid to Ukraine. They have already sent thousands of pallettes of food, blankets, hygiene supplies and operating kits to many hard hit and hard-to-reach areas. They take credit card or IBAN payments. peopleinneed.net/helping-tens-of-thousands-of-people-ukraine… The Center of High Impact Philantropy of Penn University has a good overview of additional organizations worth supporting. impact.upenn.edu/ukraine-crisis-how-can-i-help/