Clojure Syntax - The odd bits

Hey guys!

So coming from another language into Clojure you may feel overwhelmed with some of the "strange" syntax. But there's nothing to worry about, in fact, once you know what everything does, Clojure is incredibly easy to read :D

I try to show what Clojure's conventions/Macros/Functions that are a little bit different do. Let me know if you want any more videos like this!

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——- 00:00 Intro 00:27 why -main 01:00 Metadata and Dynamic vars 03:49 What is the '?' for 04:30 Keywords 05:48 Anonymous functions 06:47 What is the '_' for 07:37 Destructuring 08:36 Why the '&' in function args? 09:37 Java interop 09:58 Symbols & Vars 10:55 Why the '!' ? 12:14 Threading macros 13:00 Regex ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ts9ny2JP4k