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Introduction to JVM Languages

You're reading from   Introduction to JVM Languages Get familiar with the world of Java, Scala, Clojure, Kotlin, and Groovy

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787127944
Length 450 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Vincent van der Leun Vincent van der Leun
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Java Virtual Machine FREE CHAPTER 2. Developing on the Java Virtual Machine 3. Java 4. Java Programming 5. Scala 6. Scala Programming 7. Clojure 8. Clojure Programming 9. Kotlin 10. Kotlin Programming 11. Groovy 12. Groovy Programming 13. Other JVM languages 14. Quiz Answers

Style guide


The Clojure team did not publish an official style guide on their website, but there's a community-driven document available at http://github.com/bbatsov/clojure-style-guide.

Some of the more important rules discussed in the document are:

  • For indentation, generally use two spaces.
  • In a function definition with defn, place the function name and input parameters on a single line and the body on a new line:
        (defn function1 [input]
        ( ...function calls here... )
  • When a parameter does not fit on one line, align it vertically. Use one space:
        (defn function2 []
          (str
              "Hello"
              " and goodbye"))
  • Don't put commas between elements in a list.
  • Use good taste when coding hash-maps. When you have multiple key/value pairs on the same line, use a comma to separate them.
  • Do not put trailing parentheses on their own line (in the function2 example we just saw, the last line closed both the parameters and the function blocks).
  • Linux newlines (LF) are...
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