LYlynndylanhurley·Nov 3, 2014
How will this work with tools like figwheel [1] and austin [2]?
1. https://github.com/bhauman/lein-figwheel
2. https://github.com/cemerick/austin
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4 sourcescljs-build is very good for non-interactive workflows, but I agree that the REPL situation is less than ideal. I mostly develop in a CLJ REPL and then only test in the browser with auto-refresh, in a more traditional web-app style.
The browser REPL is the biggest offender, but luckily there is now https://github.com/cemerick/austin which is a huge improvement in usability, stability, and features. Give that a try!
In Typesafe acquires Spray.ioI'm also not impressed with the Clojure/ClojureScript code-sharing story, which requires hacks[2] to use the same code on the client and server.
I think this is definitely a "the glass is half-empty" interpretation. I mean, let's point out that you're complaining about an environment where you can share code between a codebase running on the server and one on the client--and it isn't JavaScript. And it's not ideal? Of course it's not ideal. But you can do inter-op with Java (server-side) and JavaScript (client-), using the same syntax, and with cljx, you can do this in the same file. This is freaking awesome, even with the messy bits that come along with it, in my opinion.
A smaller community, fewer libraries and less mature tools makes it kind of a bummer from a social perspective.
As far as this point, there's less I can disagree w
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ith: the community, while small, is awesome, but there is a way to go before ClojureScript, at least, is going to have the ease of "install and get going" that you have with other platforms. Everything from testing to getting a reasonable console up and running is in a state of flux and cannot be favorably compared to JavaScript, other than the argument that ClojureScript provides a better enough programming experience to outweigh the ease-of-setup that JS provides. For me that's more than enough, but for others I can understand that it's not, yet.
But it absolutely is improving, very quickly. We really need more people to be using CLJS and hyping it (as David Nolen is doing) and putting in the time to shave the yaks that need shaving--as people like David Nolen, Kevin Lynagh (http://keminglabs.com/blog/cljs-app-designs/ as well as the aforementioned cljx), Chas Emerick (many contributions, but recently https://github.com/cemerick/austin), Mimmo Cosenza (the fantastic Modern CLJS series: https://github.com/magomimmo/modern-cljs) and many others are doing--so that we can get to that point where the advantages clearly outweigh the disadvantages. I think that time will come, but it's going to require some serious work.
But even now there are compelling reasons to use ClojureScript, including libs like core.async. I think you'd find that, with a bit of patience, there is a lot there to keep you invested in the tools and the community.
EDIT: I just want to add that cljx is not the only or oldest or simplest way to share code. Crossovers using lein-cljsbuild have provided this for a while: https://github.com/emezeske/lein-cljsbuild/blob/master/doc/C...
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