> I'm always bewildered by this argument. What has a newbie to choose here? Of > course he uses what he's used to. Many Java devs probably want one of the > IDEs they already know. Old-time Lispers use emacs.
I think it's a question of style and how to present the information (which is why it would help to have a single person in charge of each section). For one thing, the information is really in the wrong place----it should be on Clojure.org. Even where it is, there's something aesthetically wrong about having to wade through all of those choices right at the outset. (I say this even as an admitted long-poster....) Having text describing emacs and lein setup, followed by links to all the other options for those who know about them, seems like a good compromise. The information is still there, and people who need it will know to click on it. Everyone else can have setup instructions that are simple and concise (and Emacs and Lein really do seem to be emerging standards). On Jul 7, 2:37 pm, Meikel Brandmeyer <m...@kotka.de> wrote: > Hi, > > Am 07.07.2011 um 21:54 schrieb Sean Corfield: > > > I think one sticking point here is that there are (so far) seven > > IDEs/editors listed and five build tools. For a n00b, that's too much > > choice. > > I'm always bewildered by this argument. What has a newbie to choose here? Of > course he uses what he's used to. Many Java devs probably want one of the > IDEs they already know. Old-time Lispers use emacs. > > I don't read this information as “Look, newbie, there is emacs, or eclipse, > or vim, which you can use to edit Clojure code. And you can build clojure > stuff with leiningen, or with gradle, or with maven.” I see this list as: > “I'm used to maven and eclipse, let's see how I get this running with the > tools I know already.” Isn't that the most natural thing someone would try to > do? > > Sincerely > Meikel -- 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
