Let's Get To Know Racket!

Wed, September 16, 2020
Lindsey sits down with Jay McCarthy of UMass Lowell to talk about what makes Racket such a great language for CodeSpells.

Stephen's already told us a little about why he chose Racket for this project, but I wanted to sit down with all-star Racketeer, Jay McCarthy, a professor at UMass Lowell, to talk about Racket and why it's so useful for our project. Jay has a long history with Racket and does a great job explaining what Racket's "secret sauce" is. Enjoy!

Want to explore Racket more?

Here are some useful links to some of the resources Jay mentioned:

  • How to Design Programs: An Introduction to Programming and Computing. Digital Textbook
  • The Racket Guide (Documentation)
  • Scribble: The Racket Documentation Tool
  • The Racket Package Server
  • Jay's Project: lux
  • Jay's Project: mode-lambda

    • Thanks so much, Jay, for sharing your Racket knowledge with the CodeSpells community!

    Stay tuned for more!!

    - Lindsey D. Handley


    P.S. Please consider supporting us on Patreon. We can't do this without you!



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    Let's Get To Know Racket!

    Wed, September 16, 2020
    Lindsey sits down with Jay McCarthy of UMass Lowell to talk about what makes Racket such a great language for CodeSpells.

    Stephen's already told us a little about why he chose Racket for this project, but I wanted to sit down with all-star Racketeer, Jay McCarthy, a professor at UMass Lowell, to talk about Racket and why it's so useful for our project. Jay has a long history with Racket and does a great job explaining what Racket's "secret sauce" is. Enjoy!

    Want to explore Racket more?

    Here are some useful links to some of the resources Jay mentioned:

  • How to Design Programs: An Introduction to Programming and Computing. Digital Textbook
  • The Racket Guide (Documentation)
  • Scribble: The Racket Documentation Tool
  • The Racket Package Server
  • Jay's Project: lux
  • Jay's Project: mode-lambda

    • Thanks so much, Jay, for sharing your Racket knowledge with the CodeSpells community!

    Stay tuned for more!!

    - Lindsey D. Handley


    P.S. Please consider supporting us on Patreon. We can't do this without you!



    Next Post: Untested, but released!
    Previous Post: Minimal-but-moddable