Upcoming.com page:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2973636/

Clojure is the Lisp that (whisper it) is fun to program. It's built on top of the JVM and will feeling naggingly comfortable to all Java developers. It has a tiny core but a healthy library and API. It is dynamic language that is best written in a functional style but allows you to get out of jail when interacting with Java. It specialises in concurrent programming with a variety of synchronisation options that include automatic retries of transactions and controllable consistency of data.

This will be an introductory workshop where I hope that we'll all start to learn Clojure together. I'll present a quick introduction to what's interesting and different about Clojure, then we'll run a coding dojo to explore the language by implementing a simple program together.

I'm aiming this event primarily at those who've started dabbling with Clojure or are interested in getting started. You won't need any previous experience with Clojure or any Lisp to get involved, but more experienced hands will be very welcome to guide us through the learning experience.

The code we wrote is now on github, and I've created a London Clojurians Google Group.