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Every month, we take a look back at our top ten most clicked topics. Last month, Java 14 was released, so we interviewed an illustrious round of Java experts to hear their thoughts about the latest release. We also learned about a new JVM language, Concurnas, from its creator, and listed some advantages of using Clojure. And, since developers are in a unique position to help fight the pandemic while working from home, we shared some open source ideas.

Clojure enables you to write programs that are better and more flexible, and above all makes you much more productive than using Java. By now the language has proven itself in the industry. Perhaps a good reason for you to switch to Clojure? We listed ten advantages of using Clojure for you.

For the tenth year in a row, the annual State of Clojure report is here. This year, the language saw a slight change in how people use the language. People are using Clojure at work, especially for web development. See what tools Clojure developers are using, what version of Java they are targeting, and where they are spending time socializing with other devs.

We like to browse GitHub and occasionally shed some light on interesting or useful open source repositories. Today we are taking a closer look at a few projects written in Clojure: clfx and cljfx css. Cljfx css is “charmingly simple styling” for cljfx. What’s under the hood of this styling library for JavaFX? Find out how it simplifies CSS for JavaFX and what requirements you need to run it.

JavaScript isn’t for everyone, but what are the alternatives? In this article, Future Hosting’s Matthew Davis looks at 5 of them and weighs the pros and the cons.

What’s the state of the Clojure ecosystem in 2019? According to Clojure’s annual survey, Clojure devs are still in love with Java 8 and use it for web development and open source. We take a closer look at the 2019 results to see what’s really going on in this functional programming language.

We carry on with our IDE series! This week, we take a look at some of the best IDEs and text editors for Clojure, a dynamic programming language for the JVM.

Clojure’s annual community survey results are in: what does the community think about Clojure 1.9? Turns out, they like it a whole lot better than Java 9. We take a closer look at the results to see what’s going on in this functional programming language.

Clojure has a lot of important and unique lessons to teach, but which one is the most important? JAX London speaker Daniel Lebrero explains how he fell for Clojure and why it’s important to keep an open mind in programming.

Version 1.8 of the Clojure Lisp dialect offers new string functions, as well as the possibility of direct linking, among other features.

Java may have slipped off its number one perch, but growing success of Javasphere language affirms strength of the platform.

Neale Swinnerton guides us through sequences, lazy evaluation and higher order functions, without going around in circles. Or maybe we will?

Neale Swinnerton guides us through sequences, lazy evaluation and higher order functions, without going around in circles. Or maybe we will?

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