Ep 069: Stuck in the Web

Functional Design in Clojure

Each week, we discuss a different topic about Clojure and functional programming.

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This week, the topic is: “Request handler pitfalls.” We examine our history writing web handlers and talk about all the ways we’ve broken them.

Selected quotes:

• “Doing a pitfalls episode is easy, because you just need to look at your scars.”
• “Letting exceptions escape is TMI for the web.”
• “Multiple error handling middleware is ok. They’re in place, just in case.”
• “Smaller doesn’t necessarily mean simpler.”
• “A little bit of repetition can lead to a lot of clarity.”
• “Java can turn just about anything into a string.”