{"product_id":"9781787288010","title":"Clojure: High Performance JVM Programming","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplore the world of lightning fast Clojure apps with asynchronous channels, logic, reactive programming, and more\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscover Clojure's features and advantages and use them in your existing projects\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplore lesser-known and more advanced features, constructs, and methodologies such as asynchronous channels, actors, logic programming, and reactive programming\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeasure and monitor performance, and understand optimization techniques\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho This Book Is For\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you're looking to learn more about its core libraries and delve into the Clojure language in detail, then this book is ideal for you. Prior knowledge of the Clojure language is required.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat You Will Learn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnderstand tools for the Clojure world and how they relate to Java tools and standards (such as Maven)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWrite simple multicore programs using Clojure's core concepts, such as atoms, agents, and refs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGet to grips with Clojure's concurrency and state-management primitives in depth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnalyze latency using the Criterium library\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAvoid reflection and boxing with type hints\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaximize the impact of parallelization, functional composition, and process transformation by composing reducers and transducers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModify and add features to the Clojure language using macros\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTest your code with unit tests, specs, and type checks to write testable code\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTroubleshoot and style your Clojure code to make it more maintainable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Detail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eClojure is a general-purpose language from the Lisp family with an emphasis on functional programming. It has some interesting concepts and features such as immutability, gradual typing, thread-safe concurrency primitives, and macro-based metaprogramming, which makes it a great choice to create modern, performant, and scalable applications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis learning path aims at unleashing the true potential of the Clojure language so you can use it in your projects. It begins with installing and setting up the Clojure environment before moving on to explore the language in depth. You'll get acquainted with its various features such as functional programming, concurrency, reducers, transducers, core.async and core.logic, and so on with a great level of detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving on, you'll also learn how to enhance performance using Java interoperability and JVM-specific features from Clojure; you'll even master language features such as asynchronous channels, actors, logic programming, reactive programming, metaprogramming, and so on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis learning path combines some of the best that Packt has to offer in one complete, curated package. It includes content from the following Packt products:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClojure for Java Developers by Eduardo Diaz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClojure High Performance Programming, Second Edition by Shantanu Kumar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMastering Clojure by Akhil Wali\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eStyle and approach\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide to start writing Clojure programs, making use of all of its varied features and advantages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Packt Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152806756592,"sku":"9781787288010","price":63.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781787288010_p0.jpg?v=1763738935","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781787288010","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}