Clojure has made my happy programmer, and I try to spread the joy of Clojure by helping newcomers learn the language and grok all the strange new ways to do things:

Clojure Talks

• 📺 Solving Problems the Clojure Way

  My attempt at explaining two of the core pillars of Clojure programming: functional programming and data-oriented programming. Features a step-by-step refactor of imperative code to functional code (in Javascript).

  "This is by far the best talk I've seen explaining functional programming" <- someone on YouTube, so you should definitely trust them

• 📺 Data-Oriented Programming

  I try to distill "data-oriented programming" and "data-driven programming," as practised by the Clojure community.

• 📺 Declarative Domain Logic

  Domain Modeling via Data-Oriented programming in Clojure?

• 📺 Composing Applications

  Organizing code by features to enable "append-only" programming for web applications.

Educational Resources

• https://cognitory.github.io/clojure-warrior-web/
• http://cognitory.github.io/turtle
• https://workshop.clojurecraft.com/
• https://cognitory.github.io/clojure-cheatsheet/

Libraries

• https://github.com/rafd/tada

Workshops

• Monthly Beginner's Practice "Dojo" via the Clojure Toronto Meetup

Open-Source Clojure Apps

• https://github.com/braidchat/braid
• https://github.com/bloomventures/perfect-weather
• https://github.com/bloomventures/cyberleague
• https://github.com/clojodojo/dojo

Dreams

Every 100$/mth of funding will block off a dedicated Clojure hour to work on more of the above, or things like:

• Blog post versions of my talks
• Step-by-step functional refactor videos + blog posts
• Publish literate code / walkthroughs of a few of my data-science clojure research ("How times do you need to shuffle a deck of cards?", "Is renting better than buying a house?", "Where is weather nice all year round?", "What is the cheapest way to create a meal that meets nutritional minimums?")
• "Learn Clojure" curriculum outline (/ learning plan) with links to existing resources
• "Learn Programming in Clojure" interactive book (for kids, people completely new to programming)
• Work on beginner devX (calva improvements, better errors, clojuredocs integration)
• More conference talks (particularly at non-Clojure conferences)
• A new version of clojure-toolbox
• Website features interviews / walkthroughs of people using Clojure for hobby projects, music, art