X-linking to some chatter over at r/Clojure, where I X-posted this email. https://www.reddit.com/r/Clojure/comments/1gfjkiy/a_web_stack_special_interest_group/
On Thursday, October 24, 2024 at 6:50:40 PM UTC+5:30 Fabio Dias Francisco wrote: > I know what you mean, in terms of web framework, idk, but I had to go just > that route and build myself my own data processing framework. There was > nothing for that purpose that was truly native, so I used my knowledge of > many frameworks like that, and built my own. > > On Thursday, October 24, 2024 at 9:47:03 AM UTC+1 aditya....@gmail.com > wrote: > >> Hello, thoughts about the Clojurish web stack have been bouncing around >> in my head for a while now. In recent months, I've noticed an uptick in >> conversations about the same. Maybe it's recency bias. Maybe not. The >> "boring business web app" is where the money is, after all. >> >> I wonder if people would like to put heads together to come up with >> *something* general-purpose that helps people understand + construct + >> apply web things built by community members over the years. >> >> Personally, I'm not convinced that a One True Framework is the solution. >> However there might be opportunity to out-framework all the framework-heavy >> communities by making a way to construct one's own framework. >> >> The "constructor" might spit out a "standard recipe" that could be: "Ring >> + Compojure" or "Ring + Reitit" or "Kit" or "Duct" or "Sitefox" or "Donut" >> or "Pedestal" if the user feeds in well-specified requirements that match >> one or more of said framework/library collection. Or, it might run us >> through a decision tree to incrementally expand requirements into a project >> on disk (a clj-new template, but created incrementally). >> >> AND, as m'colleague Kapil insists (and I agree) it should be a "full >> system" system... have us covered from parts assembly to production >> deployments. >> >> /Explanations/ would be a key feature of such a constructor; Why this and >> not that? How to wire X and Y together? What are some example use cases? >> The explanations would be sourced from source repos. >> >> Basically, this thing would respect and support the diversity and >> inventiveness of the Clojure web ecosystem /while making it accessible/ to >> the masses. The innovation is distributed, but the composition is >> centralised. This sort of thing is definitely in userspace and not language >> maintainerspace. IMHO, SciCloj is a great example of a special interest >> group that's doing yeoman service. >> >> I'm not sure if I'm making any sense, but I'm sure smarter people that I >> have struggled enough to have had ideas of their own and if they come >> together, they might conjure up a very creative solution. What I *am* >> confident about, is that this is a *complicated* task, but not a complex >> one. >> >> Anyway, I just wanted to put this out into the clojureverse and see what >> happens. >> >> May The Source be with us, >> - Adi >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/clojure/664d1446-2a60-4199-b6c1-d0aed6fcb067n%40googlegroups.com.
