About the Authors
Makoto Hashimoto is a technical enthusiast in Japan. He has been involved in a lot of projects as an IT architect and led them successfully with his technical leadership. Makoto loves programming, especially with functional programming languages. Thus, he became an enthusiast of Clojure since his first encounter with this language. Recently, he is often involved in projects of the big data domain, and he constantly thinks up new ways to use Clojure for this domain. He loves spending time with his family during weekends and apart from that he loves cooking, classical music, arts and sports.
Makoto has also written two books in Japanese. You can find them at http://amzn.to/2e0jySv and http://amzn.to/2eg3gq8.
To my coauthor, Nicolas, working with you has been a great honor for me. Many thanks for your valuable advices and encouragements.To my family, I would like to thank my family and friends for their constant encouragements and support. Without you, there is no way that I would have been able to complete this work.
Nicolas Modrzyk has many years of experience in the field of IT and has spent many years in Asia. He loves making ideas a reality and the fact that this reality brings people from all around the planet together. He's been involved in many IT projects, helping customers reach their goal and in general trying to make IT easier to reach for everyone.
Nicolas fell into the Clojure soup 5 years ago; it helped him become more focused, and stop wasting time on the things that are not worth it. Clojure is more than just a fantastic programming language; it is a life full of adventure. Hopefully, this book takes you on the road to that adventure.
Nicolas has also written a book, Oishii Clojure (http://gihyo.jp/book/2013/978-4-7741-5991-1), in Japanese, with plenty of short Clojure recipes to enjoy the Clojure language and to make you want to try new things.
Thank you, Makoto, for reaching out and making this book a fantastic adventure! Also, I'm looking forward to our next one! To my daughters, Mei and Manon, I think about you always, even during those late nights spent working on the book. To my loving family and awesome friends, for their continuous support, even in those times when I only talk about Clojure.