If you had to point a newcomer to a single 15-30 minute resource - blog post, tutorial, code sample, whatever - that can give them a true "aha!" moment about Clojure, what would it be?
If you had to point a newcomer to a single 15-30 minute resource - blog post, tutorial, code sample, whatever - that can give them a true "aha!" moment about Clojure, what would it be?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aoeav_T1ARU
http://blip.tv/clojure/clojure-for-java-programmers-1-of-2-9...
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/podcast/ag/gloverseries-ha...
http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Value-Identity-State-Rich...
http://clojure.blip.tv/file/4824610/
http://clojure.blip.tv/file/4457042/
http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Clojure-in-the-Field
Visit them roughly in order.
As for books, there are a few good ones, but I acutally recommend the documentation on clojure.org more than any book. It's clear and compact.
http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Are-We-There-Yet-Rich-Hic...
http://blip.tv/clojure/clojure-for-lisp-programmers-part-1-1...
http://blip.tv/clojure/clojure-for-lisp-programmers-part-2-1...
transcript: http://clojure.googlegroups.com/web/clojure-for-lispers-tran...
It's not 30 minutes but it's what pushed me past using it on side projects to using it whenever possible and advocating it.
If anything I'd recommend reading Joy of Clojure.
http://thinkrelevance.com/blog/2009/08/12/rifle-oriented-pro...
(Part 1): http://blip.tv/clojure/clojure-for-java-programmers-1-of-2-9...
(Part 2): http://blip.tv/clojure/clojure-for-java-programmers-2-of-2-9...