Dive into the world of Common Lisp programming with this comprehensive course. Learn the fundamentals of Lisp syntax, semantics, and powerful features like macros and generic functions. Explore practical applications through hands-on projects, including building a unit test framework, creating a spam filter, parsing binary files, and developing web applications. Master advanced topics such as condition handling, packages, and the LOOP macro. Gain real-world experience by constructing an MP3 database, Shoutcast server, and HTML generation library. By the end of this course, you'll have a solid foundation in Common Lisp and be ready to tackle complex programming challenges.
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction: Why Lisp?
- Lather, Rinse, Repeat: A Tour of the REPL
- Practical: A Simple Database
- Syntax and Semantics
- Functions
- Variables
- Macros: Standard Control Constructs
- Macros: Defining Your Own
- Practical: Building a Unit Test Framework
- Numbers, Characters, and Strings
- Collections
- They Called It LISP for a Reason: List Processing
- Beyond Lists: Other Uses for Cons Cells
- Files and File I/O
- Practical: A Portable Pathname Library
- Object Reorientation: Generic Functions
- Object Reorientation: Classes
- A Few FORMAT Recipes
- Beyond Exception Handling: Conditions and Restarts
- The Special Operators
- Programming in the Large: Packages and Symbols
- LOOP for Black Belts
- Practical: A Spam Filter
- Practical: Parsing Binary Files
- Practical: An ID3 Parser
- Practical: Web Programming with AllegroServe
- Practical: An MP3 Database
- Practical: A Shoutcast Server
- Practical: An MP3 Browser
- Practical: An HTML Generation Library, the Interpreter
- Practical: An HTML Generation Library, the Compiler
- Conclusion: What's Next?
