Asynchronous Programming with Clojure's core.async Library

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level

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Overview/Description
Successfully creating asynchronous programs in Clojure requires an in-depth understanding of the core.async library and how to utilize it in your programs. In this course, you will learn how to use the major elements of the core.async library including channels, pipelines, Go macros, and blocks. Additionally, this course will address messaging and binding, as well as how to utilize some of the library's built-in functions including peek, alts, put, and take.

Target Audience
This learning path is targeted towards developers and programmers familiar with the Clojure programming language who want to learn how to use the core.async library to create asynchronous programs.

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
2.8

Lesson Objectives

Asynchronous Programming with Clojure's core.async Library

start the course

install and configure the core.async library for use in your Clojure programs

describe and work with channels and the chan function in Clojure

work with Clojure's put and take functions

distinguish the differences between the put! and >! / >!! functions and the take! and

work with the onto-chan function of the core.async library

use the putret feature available in Clojure

describe and work with channel buffers

describe transducers and use them in your Clojure programs

describe and work with pipelines and the pipeline function

utilize the pipeline-blocking function in your Clojure programs

include error handling in your Clojure programs

work with the go macro and use go blocks in your Clojure programs

describe how Clojure go blocks are garbage collected

use caching and the http-kit with the core.async library

work with the reduce function of the core.async library

work with the split function of the core.async library

work with the map function of the core.async library

work with Clojure's alts function to perform the peek functionality in channels

work with the merge function of the core.async library

work with the mix function of the core.async library

work with the pub and sub functions of the core.async library

identify the main features and benefits of using the core.async library when creating asynchronous Clojure programs

Course Number:
sd_apcl_a01_it_enus

Expertise Level
Intermediate