Tutorials
http://github.com/relevance/labrepl (gives a kick in terms of functional thinking, use of higher order functions etc)
https://github.com/functional-koans/clojure-koans
Documentation
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Clojure_Programming
http://www.clojureatlas.com/ (Finding functions by browsing the relations of APIs and API-functions is just to nice)
http://cemerick.com/2011/07/05/flowchart-for-choosing-the-ri...
http://www.clojure-toolbox.com/ (not up-to-date)
I'm sure i missed something, but those links can really be helpful.
I admit that the complaints about the lack of examples in the documentation does confuse me a bit. The documentation sites for C and C++ don't seem to include examples either. For me, tutorials and books were always the go to places for examples. I will agree whole heartedly that some of the 3rd party libraries like ring/compojure need some serious documentation improvement, in particular since the architecture of these libraries is fairly complicated.
Could someone link examples of good documentation they like from other languages to help clarify?
Making C/C++ documentation the standard for documentation is like making a Chevy Nova the standard for features in modern automobiles.
Another example of documentation that has served me well is the numpy+scipy+matplotlib combo:
Maybe it's just me, but I find the documentation to be very good. Everything on clojure.org is relevant, clear and concise. I read two books too, but I learned the most from clojure.org.
i do use emacs for text editing, so i'll try it for clojure (i should say that there was only one wrinkle in getting the environment working in intellij - that was adding clojure.jar to the classpath, which it told me to do in an error popup, so it wasn't hard at all).
ps to save others googling: http://joyofclojure.com/ ; http://www.apress.com/9781430272311
I will say that the online documentation IS atrocious and basically impenetrable, and usable code samples are quite difficult to come by. That being said, it's a very young language, with a very active, helpful and -- dare I say -- friendly IRC channel. (And by the way, a couple of top-notch eval bots)
The documentation piece is easily overcome by spending $20 on an ebook. Joy of Clj and Practical Clj are both very readable & accessible. The code samples are clear and concise, and the explanatory prose is excellent.
IDE support... well, I use emacs. It's widely recommended people use emacs for Clojure simply because it is so well integrated with it. REPL and line evaluation are fantastic in emacs. People who don't like/want emacs tend to use vim's Clojure mode, at least according to IRC.
I will say that the main pain point I had in getting started with Clojure was building the environment. The "best practices" for a Clojure environment has shifted wildly, as far as I can tell, over the past few years, so most/many of the blog posts that describe how to get it set up are wrong, or very dated and unsupported by current software (e.g. Leiningen).
All in all if you are interested in learning Clojure, you are doing yourself an enormous disservice by not joining #clojure and asking your questions there.