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"Clojure For The Brave and True" is also another book who's author explicitly chose their publisher (No Starch) because they could also publish the book for free on their website. Not only is it free but also amazing book, one of the most enjoyable books I've read about programming overall and also made me dive into the Clojure rabbit hole that I'm now lucky to work professionally with during my day job. https://www.braveclojure.com/clojure-for-the-brave-and-true/

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Similarly, Automate the Boring Stuff with Python [0] (No Starch) and Think Python [1] (Green Tea Press)

[0] https://automatetheboringstuff.com/

[1] https://greenteapress.com/wp/think-python-2e/

I, too, can vouch for Automate the Boring Stuff with Python -- one of the first resources I used to learn a bit of Python since I wanted hands-on, practical lessons. I'll check out Think Python as well.

There's an interactive version as well, with changes

https://runestone.academy/runestone/books/published/thinkcsp...

This looks really good. I'm looking to dive in to Clojure.

Do you recommend my first book be something like this, or something more "traditional", like O'Reilly's "Living Clojure" or "Clojure"?

Yeah, "Clojure For The Brave and True" (CFTBT) is perfect for your first steps with Clojure, then diving into the deeper/bigger books. In the beginning I basically used CFTBT as a tutorial/guide for finding concepts then using "Clojure Programming" (O'Reilly Media, by Chas Emerick + more) as a reference if I wanted to dive deeper into a specific concept, as "Clojure Programming" goes a lot deeper into subjects, but the subjects don't feel like they are in any particular order in the book itself.

I think the lightweight humor and good explanations is what kept me from getting discouraged, as some Clojure books did to me before I came across CFTBT.

The Rust Programming Language is, in part, also with No Starch for this reason.

thank you for the kind words :)

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