Back to Future: How 80s Arcade Games Taught me Clojure

Who said games aren’t educational?

Learning a new language on your own is never easy, and you often find yourself stuck and frustrated. This is why I went back to what was familiar, in this case, a simple Java game I programmed, to help learn and better my understanding of coding in Clojure. In my talk I will present how I applied familiar concepts, searched for similarities and leveraged shared libraries in the process of re-coding a 2D Java game into Clojure. I will present enough code examples so by the end of this talk you won’t know how to win Pac-Man but you’ll be able to write it in Clojure

About Mey: Software Engineer by day, Hackathons hacker by night; Mey is a public speaker, a Backend Developer, and a Software Engineering graduate. When she is not spending her weekends at hackathons, she experiments with algorithms OR learns languages such as Russian, French & Clojure. Mey is also a sworn star wars fan. May the force be with you.