Clojurians Log v2

plexus: one interesting track would be to start with the default REPL (`java -jar clojure.jar`), then look at nREPL and why it exists

...ending with writing a custom nREPL middleware

another interesting track would be looking at the options for cljs REPLs: nashorn, figwheel, plank, node, etc.

interesting, I had been thinking about something very similar, demystifying some of nREPL, piggieback, figwheel

will take some studying, but I've done some spelunking through CIDER and nREPL so that's a starting point

I think I will pretty much have to include episodes on tooling, because right now it's so easy to get lost in those woods

leiningen, boot, maven, figwheel, cider, nREPL, piggieback, plank, ...

cljsbuild

even if you've done some Java before it's a mess, imagine coming from Node or Ruby, you've never heard of jars, or a classpath. Off you go!

this is one of the reason why I have very mixed feelings about boot. Leiningen is far from perfect, but at least it's a standard.

agreed...too often the "formula" for getting started with cljs is "lein new, add these dependencies, then type out these three magic incantations"

the cljs quickstart went a long way toward demystifying the process by revealing that the cljs compiler is just a Clojure program...

but there's still a disconnect between that and the cljs REPL solutions

I mean, for clj you can mostly ignore that clj code has to be turned into bytecode then loaded in the JVM because it all happens in the same process

but with cljs you have: cljs -> js (one process) -> evaled js (maybe a different process?)

and understanding how the compiled js gets to the js runtime and how that's different between nashorn, browser, node, etc. is interesting

I mean, how many people know that the cljs browser REPL uses websockets? that's cool

personally, it's easier for me to remember the process required and then reconstruct the commands needed than to "just memorize these three commands"

(as for boot, well, I think we can leave that debate for another time ;-) )

big news! Lambda Island now has favicons 😉 :bmo:

heh :)

nice :sharkdance:

Some other long overdue features are in the making

There is already a hidden feature, http://lambdaisland.com/passwordreset . It does not yet allow you to actually reset your password, but it sends you a link with a token that logs you in. Handy if you don't want to type a complex password, e.g. on mobile