Part VII: Real-World Applications and Case Studies

In this section

• Chapter 15: Applying Design Patterns in Financial Applications
  • 15.1 Unique Challenges in Financial Software
    • Performance and Latency Requirements in Financial Applications: Leveraging Clojure for Low-Latency and High-Throughput Systems
      Explore the critical performance and latency requirements in financial applications and how Clojure's performance characteristics and optimization techniques can meet these demands.
    • Regulatory Compliance and Auditability in Clojure: Ensuring Compliance with GDPR, PCI DSS, and SOX
      Explore how Clojure's functional programming paradigm aids in achieving regulatory compliance and auditability, focusing on GDPR, PCI DSS, and SOX.
  • 15.2 Real-Time Trading System Implementation
    • Architectural Overview of a Real-Time Trading System
      Explore the high-level architecture of a real-time trading system, focusing on market data ingestion, order management, and execution engines, with an emphasis on data flow and decision-making processes.
    • Managing Market Data Streams: High-Velocity Data Handling with Clojure
      Explore techniques for managing high-velocity market data streams using Clojure, focusing on core.async and Apache Kafka for efficient data processing and model updates.
    • Order Execution Pipelines: Implementing Order Validation, Routing, and Execution in Clojure
      Explore the intricacies of building robust order execution pipelines in Clojure, focusing on order validation, routing, execution, risk checks, and compliance validations.
  • 15.3 Functional Event Processing
    • Event Sourcing in Clojure: A Comprehensive Guide for Java Professionals
      Explore the intricacies of implementing Event Sourcing in Clojure, providing a robust audit trail and facilitating temporal queries, with practical examples and best practices.
    • CQRS: Command Query Responsibility Segregation in Clojure
      Explore the CQRS pattern in Clojure, a powerful approach to separating read and write models for enhanced scalability and maintainability.
  • 15.4 Risk Calculation and Analysis Pipelines
    • Batch vs. Real-Time Calculations: Optimizing Risk Assessment in Clojure
      Explore the intricacies of batch and real-time calculations in financial risk assessment using Clojure. Learn how to design systems that efficiently handle both processing modes.
    • Distributed Computing with Clojure: Leveraging Apache Spark for Large-Scale Calculations
      Explore distributed computing with Clojure and Apache Spark, focusing on parallelizing computationally intensive tasks for large-scale data processing.
  • 15.5 Ensuring Precision and Correctness
    • Floating-Point Arithmetic in Financial Calculations: Challenges and Solutions
      Explore the intricacies of floating-point arithmetic in financial applications, understand its pitfalls, and learn how to use arbitrary-precision libraries like Clojure's math.numeric-tower and Java's BigDecimal for precise calculations.
    • Ensuring Numerical Accuracy in Clojure: Testing Strategies and Best Practices
      Explore comprehensive strategies for testing numerical accuracy in Clojure applications, including comparison against known values, sensitivity analysis, and property-based testing.
  • Lessons Learned and Best Practices in Clojure Financial Systems
    Explore key takeaways, challenges, solutions, and recommendations from implementing financial systems using Clojure, offering insights for Java professionals transitioning to functional programming.
• Chapter 16: Scaling and Deploying Clojure Applications
  • 16.1 Performance Optimization Techniques
    • Profiling and Benchmarking Clojure Applications: Tools and Techniques
      Explore comprehensive profiling and benchmarking techniques for Clojure applications, leveraging tools like VisualVM, YourKit, and the Criterium library to optimize performance.
    • Optimizing Hot Paths in Clojure for Performance Enhancement
      Explore techniques for optimizing critical code paths in Clojure, focusing on reducing allocations, using primitive types, leveraging type hints, and avoiding reflection to enhance performance.
  • 16.2 Concurrency and Parallelism Strategies
    • Utilizing Futures and Promises in Clojure for Asynchronous Programming
      Explore the use of futures and promises in Clojure for efficient asynchronous programming, with practical examples and best practices for Java professionals transitioning to functional programming.
    • Parallel Processing with `pmap` and Reducers
      Explore parallel processing in Clojure using `pmap` and reducers, including practical examples, best practices, and limitations.
  • 16.3 Deploying Clojure Services
    • Packaging Standalone JARs with Leiningen: A Comprehensive Guide
      Explore the process of packaging Clojure applications as standalone JARs using Leiningen's uberjar task, detailing the benefits for deployment and providing step-by-step instructions.
    • Docker Containerization for Clojure Applications
      Master the art of containerizing Clojure applications using Docker, from writing Dockerfiles to deploying containers.
  • 16.4 Monitoring and Observability
    • Logging Best Practices: Mastering Logging in Clojure for Java Professionals
      Explore the best practices for logging in Clojure applications, including structured logging, log levels, and sensitive data handling. Learn about popular logging frameworks like log4j2 and Timbre.
    • Metrics Collection and Analysis for Clojure Applications
      Learn how to instrument Clojure applications with metrics using libraries like metrics-clojure and export them to monitoring systems like Prometheus or Grafana.
  • 16.5 Cloud Deployment Considerations
    • Scaling Clojure Applications on AWS, GCP, and Azure
      Explore the deployment and scaling options for Clojure applications on major cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, and Azure. Learn about virtual machines, managed container services, and serverless functions with practical examples.
    • Exploring Serverless Deployment Models with Clojure
      Dive into serverless deployment models using Clojure with AWS Lambda and Azure Functions. Learn how to adapt applications for serverless architecture, focusing on startup time, statelessness, and practical implementation strategies.
  • Scaling an Application Under Load: A Clojure Case Study
    Explore a real-world case study on scaling a Clojure application to handle increased load. Learn about profiling, optimization, and infrastructure changes for improved performance.