On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Jeff Heon <jfh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Type in (println "hello world"), save and close. >> >> Run with java -jar /path/to/clojure.jar hello.clj > > Very handy to know. It might be nice to have it on > http://clojure.org/getting_started
It's here: http://clojure.org/repl_and_main so it sounds like the latter could / should be more discoverable. I suggest adding something like the following between the Editing and Debugging sections on the getting_started page: "To learn more about the REPL described above or running simple Clojure scripts, read the section [The REPL and main]." I just walked another Clojure / Java newbie through the Leiningen process and they were excited to see their first .clj file run - but they also complained about how unapproachable Clojure seems if you're not a Java weenie because the classpath / dependency thing. The current state of IDE tooling doesn't help newbies either - and recommending Emacs to folks coming from a non-Lisp background is likely to be a non-starter if they already have a favorite editor. And of course, all this is worse on Windows than Mac / Linux (but that's true for nearly every open source language project, IMO). -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ World Singles, LLC. -- http://worldsingles.com/ Railo Technologies, Inc. -- http://www.getrailo.com/ "Perfection is the enemy of the good." -- Gustave Flaubert, French realist novelist (1821-1880) -- 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
