Hi Everyone,

I want to let you know about clooj, a small, simple IDE for clojure
that I have been developing (in clojure). It's packaged as a single
jar file (including clojure 1.2), here:
https://github.com/downloads/arthuredelstein/clooj/clooj-0.1.0-standalone.jar
Just download it and double-click. (I use clooj to develop clojure
code every day at work.)

You can look at the source code here:
https://github.com/arthuredelstein/clooj

clooj runs as a standalone application or you can embed it in other
JVM programs. (See the README, below).

This is an alpha release and I plan to continue further development.
Feedback of all kinds and code contributions are much appreciated! :)

Arthur Edelstein
San Francisco

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clooj, a lightweight IDE for clojure

--- the application
clooj is a small, simple IDE (integrated development environment) for
the clojure programming language. clooj is written entirely in clojure
and uses a swing-based GUI. It is cross-platform (assuming Java 1.6
has been installed on your operating system), and runs as a standalone
application or as a clojure editor embedded in another java or clojure
application. The standalone version (containing the clojure core) is a
single jar file that can be launched by double-clicking its file icon
or by running
java -jar clooj-XXX-STANDALONE.jar from the command line. To embed in
java, call clooj.core.show().

--- the layout
The clooj window contains three columns. The left-most column is a
tree showing clojure projects and the source files they contain. The
middle column is the source file editor. The right column displays
inputs and outputs of clojure REPLs (read-evaluate-print loops).

--- the source editor
The source code editor offers a few simple things to make writing
clojure code easier:

 *  A non-traditional bracket-matching feature highlights in gray
those brackets that contain the innermost form you are currently
editing.
 *  Mismatched or unmatched brackets are highlighted in pink.
 *  TAB indents, and shift+TAB unindents.
 *  Automatically comment-out (and un-comment-out) multiple lines.
 *  When newlines are entered, the next line is automatically
indented.
 *  Press ctrl-ENTER to send either the nearest root form or the
selected text to the REPL.
 *  Source files are continuously saved in the background to prevent
accidental loss of your work in the event of a crash.

--- clojure projects
Each clojure project corresponds to a project directory somewhere in
the file system, containing a src directory. Inside the src directory
is the source code hierarchy, composed of directories and .clj files.
Note this directory structure is completely compatible with the lein
and cake clojure build programs and you are encouraged to use one of
these from the command line in conjunction with the clooj editor.
Clicking different source files in the projects tree will
automatically change the source file currently being edited, as well
as switch the REPL to the appropriate namespace.

--- read-evaluate-print loops
The upper part of clooj's REPL display column shows the REPL history
(inputs and outputs) and the lower part is a text area for inputting
forms into REPL. Each project gets its own REPL environment: when a
project is first selected, a new clojure REPL is created behind the
scenes and becomes the REPL in use. By choosing "Restart REPL" you
cause a new REPL to be created for the currently selected project and
the old one to be discarded, if possible. If the project directory
contains directories named "lib" and/or "jars" and there are any jar
files inside, these jars will be included in the classpath whenever
the project REPL is launched. You can subsequently add further jar
files to the classpath by placing them in the "lib" or "jars"
directory and restarting the REPL.

--- more work needed
clooj is a work in progress. Your suggestions, criticisms and code
contributions are appreciated.


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