Same! I think I acquired 2-3 books that I tried to slog through in order to understand Clojure, but never really clicked until I bought and went through "Clojure for the Brave and True", which somehow made it click. Also available for free online, highly recommend: https://www.braveclojure.com/
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Very cool. My first instinct was to buy a Clojure book.. so for those that had the same,
Programming Clojure, Fourth Edition 4th Edition is on pre-order scheduled to be released May 2026.
https://pragprog.com/titles/shcloj4/programming-clojure-four...
Same! I think I acquired 2-3 books that I tried to slog through in order to understand Clojure, but never really clicked until I bought and went through "Clojure for the Brave and True", which somehow made it click. Also available for free online, highly recommend: https://www.braveclojure.com/
Yea, this book worked like a charm for me too.
The author recently weighed in on what he’d cut and add to a future version - could be useful to anyone reading today, if they want to skip some things. https://www.reddit.com/r/Clojure/comments/1rxknpj/quick_ques...