Intro to Clojure Workshop (Free)
Details
The workshop will introduce web development with Clojure by working through a guestbook application using Clojure on the server and ClojureScript on the client. The following topics will be covered:
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creating a new project
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running database migrations
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creating services using Swagger
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building a UI using ClojureScript
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Ajax communication between the client and the server
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packaging the application for deploymentRequirements:The participants should have a working Clojure development environment setup. The steps to setup the environment are as follows:
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Setup a copy of OpenJDK (http://www.azul.com/downloads/zulu/).
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Setup Leiningen (http://leiningen.org/).
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Get a Clojure aware editor such as Light Table (http://lighttable.com/)or Cursive (https://cursive-ide.com/).
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Optionally, familiarize with Clojure by reading through the primer (https://yogthos.github.io/ClojureDistilled.html).
About Dmitri:
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Dmitri is the creator of the Luminus framework (http://www.luminusweb.net/) and the author of Web Development with Clojure (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1680500821). He works at the University Health Network where he develops applications to help improve patient care. Dmitri is an active member of the Clojure web development community and has authored a number of open source projects (https://github.com/yogthos). He blogs (http://yogthos.net/) and can also be found on twitter as @yogthos (https://twitter.com/yogthos).
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