Learn Clojure In Public

Today I implemented another function from the core library of Clojure as an exercise.

I also compared my implementation with the one I wrote 1 year ago and my Clojure style is actually taking form :smiley:

My current implementation:

(defn my-assoc-in
        [m [k & ks] v]
        (if (empty? ks)
          (assoc m k v)
          (assoc m k (my-assoc-in (k m) ks v))))

vs the one I wrote last year:

(defn my-assoc-in
  [m [k & ks] v]
  (loop [mp (assoc {} (last ks) v)
         keys (drop-last ks)]
    (if (empty? keys)
      (assoc m k mp)
      (recur (assoc {} (last keys) mp) (drop-last keys)))))

I was definitely impregnated by declarative programming back then and surely now also.

I would like to emphasize the importance of community around Clojure in this process. In fact, I try to lurk in Clojurians Slack in my free time and to attend to online talk about Clojure and functional programming.

The last one I saw was a meetup organized by the Swedish functional programming community: “Fourth Func Prog Sweden MeetUp 2021 - Online”.

I share my notes during the talks below. https://www.evernote.com/shard/s568/sh/a86c785f-bf2a-9dfe-9647-9f36d7a2ecdc/626440c95abc6072735603c4601146df

I really enjoyed the part presented by Peter Strömberg, the creator and maintainer of Calva, an integrated REPL powered environment for enjoyable and productive Clojure and ClojureScript development in Visual Studio Code. The recording of the talk can be viewed here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR7Wv6bSZqE and its alternative ending :smiley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQIltSac-gs

That’s all for today. See you soon, maybe tomorrow :grinning: