Display stock portolio in android with clojure

Question

Would writing an Android stock portfolio display app in Clojure be a good learning exercise? I'm totally new to Clojure. My impression is that the functional programming style of Clojure might be better suited for other applications and platforms. For example, I can't find a Clojure based open source project to start from. It looks like I should call a Java charting library such as GraphView and look to port a Java open source stock graphing project?

Answer 1

Writing android apps in clojure isn't straightforward, although there are some people working on fixing that (GSOC I think), so you'd learn how hard it is :)

If you want to learn clojure, you better start with something which does not involve android.

If you want to learn android, you better start doing so in java.

Answer 2

It will certainly be a good learning experience, though it may not be a pleasant experience. Clojure On android is not the most common learning path, though everyone makes their own way, so I don't mean to discourage you :)

If your Totally new to Clojure a webapp is a very popular choice of first real project (and can be made to work nicely from android). Also check out 4clojure.com