December 11, 2019

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A whirlwind tour of ClojureScript

A whirlwind tour of ClojureScript

J. David Eisenberg offers a whirlwind tour of ClojureScript, a functional language that compiles to JavaScript, covering everything from basic syntax, variables, and function definitions to lists, vectors, and the map and reduce functions.
Talk Title A whirlwind tour of ClojureScript
Speakers David Eisenberg (Evergreen Valley College)
Conference O’Reilly Fluent Conference
Conf Tag The Web Platform in Practice
Location San Jose, California
Date June 20-22, 2017
URL Talk Page
Slides Talk Slides
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J. David Eisenberg offers a whirlwind tour of ClojureScript, a compiler for Clojure (a dialect of Lisp for the Java Virtual Machine) that compiles to JavaScript, covering everything from basic syntax, variables, and function definitions to lists, vectors, and the map and reduce functions. Topics include:

javascript java isp virtual machine
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