Matthew Ratzke Clojure Remote 2017 Interview
Matthew Ratzke will be giving a talk at Clojure Remote 2017. He will be speaking about Hoplon and Feathers.js.
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PurelyFunctional.tv: How did you get into Clojure?
Matthew Ratzke: I had been working in the IT industry as a System Admin, building scripts and utility applications for years, basically DevOps before anyone knew what that was.
I started working on an automation platform for IT that would let me simplify my work, eventually I came to realize the problems with building something complex and dynamic, comes down to the language itself. At the time a friend of mine was pushing me to learn Lisp, so I looked around the internet and found a few dialects that I liked and started reading. I watched video lectures and read whitepapers until I had enough of an understanding to start building something. Out of all of this self-learning I eventually found Clojure, six months later I quit my job as a System Admin and founded my startup Degree9. Now we build custom DevOps solutions using Clojure/ClojureScript.
PF.tv: What is your talk about?
MR: We will be building a Chat application and giving a tutorial/walkthrough on how to do so with Hoplon/Feathers.js.
PF.tv: Who is your talk for?
MR: Anyone interested in building web applications, with or without a server component. It will be targeted towards developers familiar with ClojureScript however knowledge of the libraries/technologies used is not required.
PF.tv: What do you hope people will take away from the talk?
MR: A few things. From a high-level I want users to get a different perspective on how to structure applications, and the benefits of using a single language for both the client and server. In practice, I will be covering how to initialize a Hop lon/Feathers application. How Hoplon can be used to structure and build your application and how your client and server components should mirror each other.
PF.tv: What concepts do you recommend people be familiar with to maximize their experience with the talk?
MR: Being familiar with other Clojure(Script) technologies such as Reagent/Re-Frame or ring, etc.
Feathers server components are very similar to nodejs/express.
PF.tv: What resources are available for people who want to study up before the talk?
MR:
PF.tv: Where can people follow you online?
- Homepage
- Medium
- GitHub
- Clojurians Slack - flyboarder
PF.tv: Are there any projects you'd like people to be aware of? How can people help out?
Community Projects:
The Hoplon community is the best place to meet people and contribute to the projects.
PF.tv: Where do you see the state of Clojure in 10 years?
MR: Probably one of the most influential languages in the next wave of technology.
PF.tv: If Clojure were an animal, what animal would it be?
MR: I don't think it would be, Clojure is more like DNA.
