====== Secret Alien Technology ======

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===== What is this? =====

This is a study group to learn, practice and master programming through Lisps with a special interest on Clojure.

===== What is a study group? =====

People come together to study, discuss and learn a particular subject. This is allows for people of different skills and knowledge to learn things at a pace and method which suits every individual the best.


===== Who should join? =====

Beginners, experts, curious cats, anyone interested to know programming or get better at it is welcome.


===== What are you going to do? =====
 You are going to learn, discuss and share your knowledge with each other.


===== How are you going to do it? =====
 No one is left behind, no one is junior and everyone can share their knowledge with each other because the platform is very much concise and short.

===== Where & When? =====
Address:

   Maitri,
   1st Floor,
   Above Trinity music school,
   No 56, Laporte Street
   Pondicherry - 605001

Meeting:

    Every Tuesday & Thursday 
    07:30PM at Maitri    

===== How do I get started? =====

==== General stuff ====

  * How to be a hacker -  http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html
  * How to be a programmer - https://files.fshm.in/s/RzCNTw8tXxC8wJq

==== About Clojure ====

  * Why Clojure - https://medium.com/@ertu.ctn/why-clojure-seriously-why-9f5e6f24dc29
  * Clojure Distilled - https://yogthos.github.io/ClojureDistilled.html
  * Collection of Clojure articles - https://adambard.com/blog/greatest-clojure-hits/


==== Documentation =====
  * Clojure - Wikibook - https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Clojure_Programming
  * ClojureDocs - https://clojuredocs.org/
  * Clojure by example - https://kimh.github.io/clojure-by-example/#about
  * Clojure - http://clojure-doc.org/

==== Tutorials =====

  * Earn your Clojure white belt - https://notamonadtutorial.com/how-to-earn-your-clojure-white-belt-7e7db68a71e5
  * TutorialsPoint Clojure - https://www.tutorialspoint.com/clojure/index.htm
  * Clojure tutorials - http://clojure-doc.org/articles/content.html


==== Advanced Clojure ====

  * Writing friendlier clojure - https://adambard.com/blog/write-friendlier-clojure/
  * Clojure Design Patterns - http://mishadoff.com/blog/clojure-design-patterns/

==== Books on Clojure ====

  * Brave Clojure (Clojure) - https://www.braveclojure.com/clojure-for-the-brave-and-true/
  * Clojure web development (Clojure) - http://www.luminusweb.net/docs/guestbook.html

==== Books on Programming ====

  * Structure & Interpretation of Programs (Guile) - https://sicpebook.wordpress.com/ebook/ 
  * How to Design Programs (DrRacket, Scheme) - https://htdp.org/2018-01-06/Book/index.html

==== Books on Lisps ====

  * Land of Lisp (CLISP) - http://landoflisp.com/

==== Videos ==== 

  * Parens of the dead (Clojure) - http://www.parens-of-the-dead.com/

==== Learning by doing ====

  * Clojure(Script) Koans - http://clojurescriptkoans.com/
  * exercism.io Clojure track - https://exercism.io/my/tracks/clojure
  * Clojurecademy - https://clojurecademy.com/
  * Try Clojure - https://repl.it/repls/HonestRealisticAdmins
  * 4Clojure - http://www.4clojure.com/