Clojure is a LISP dialect, and as such a functional language based on a large set of functions and a small set of data structures that they operate with.However, it is possible to implement classes and object in Clojure, with constructs well-supported in the...
0 replies - 2764 views - 01/10/12 by Giorgio Sironi in Articles
Ring is a basic tool for executing your Clojure code into a web server environment, by satisfying HTTP requests and producing responses. In scope, Ring is similar to the Servlet API, but it's not as standard and diffused; by the way, servlets are always used...
0 replies - 2624 views - 01/05/12 by Giorgio Sironi in Articles
OAuth is a wonderful standard: it allows users to give permissions to a third-party service to use theirs accounts on a website; but it works without forcing them to share their password like a phishing website would do.The typical use of OAuth is for...
2 replies - 3536 views - 10/13/11 by Giorgio Sironi in Articles
There is a maxim said by Misko Hevery which I share (and probably misquote) here:The only acceptable excuse for lack of tests is that you don't know how to test: testing is an ability that has to be learnt.
5 replies - 5248 views - 06/23/11 by Giorgio Sironi in Articles
It seems, given my limited experience, that handling exceptions depends entirely on the context in which you are developing. As a fan of "rules" that can be applied to different scenarios I wanted to hit you guys up and see what the rules-of-thumb...
16 replies - 7730 views - 10/03/08 by Riyad Kalla in News
