Functional Programming in Anger

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ClojureScript compiles to JavaScript and supports an interactive REPL, hot reloading with Figwheel and live edits inside IntelliJ Cursive running a React/Reagent app, preserving app state during changes. Early pain comes from build tooling and Google Closure’s whole-program optimizer which shrinks a 40–50k library down to ~22k via tree shaking. A recent fix is automatic externs inference for npm/webpack modules. Runtime spec-based validation replaces some static type needs and teams use it heavily in production.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 3:25Davids background
3. 10:05Example
4. 14:11Types of Users
5. 19:23Supporting Anger Users
6. 26:31Build Tools
7. 29:30Google Closure
8. 31:29Minification
9. 35:23Specification
10. 36:53Schema

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