+1, as I went through the same process. Emacs should be the option for the brave ones who already wrote their first helloworld.clj.
sent from my mobile device On Jul 25, 2011 6:14 AM, "Ken Wesson" <kwess...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 10:28 PM, nchurch <nchubr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> The community getting started page could be much better. In particular, people have opined that there should be a clear, no-choices- >>> to-make path "For Newbies" section.Help welcome! >> >> I just got edit privileges on dev.clojure and am eager work on it. >> How do people want to see Getting Started on dev.clojure organized? >> Right now there are 12 (!) headings right under Getting Started. How >> about reducing it to four: >> >> 1) Getting Clojure >> 2) Editing Clojure >> 3) Using Clojure >> 4) Tools >> >> This is the order in which newcomers need to do things. >> >> Under 1) would be a guide for setting up Lein with the Lein REPL. At >> the end would be a list of links for alternative options. >> Under 2) would be a guide for setting up Emacs (immediately divided >> into Mac, Windows, Linux). At the end would be a list of alternative >> options: Eclipse, Netbeans, IntelliJ, etc. > > No. > > No, no, no, no, no! > > That will kill 90% of the people that try it as potential future > Clojurians. They'll install emacs, try to use it, throw keyboards out > windows and mice through monitors, say "What? Huh? WTF is this shit!? > AAAAAAGH!" and then run out of standard curse words and resort to > "sweet crobdonker!". And then go play around in Java or C++ and curse > your name every morning until their dying day. > > How about making the main suggestion be clooj instead, with emacs, > eclipse, netbeans in the list of alternative options? :) > >> Under 3), guides to setting up web programming (+ ClojureScript now?), >> Incanter, and any other killer apps---but not an infinite list by any >> means. Less common applications again would be relegated to links >> (which may link within dev.clojure of course). > > Maybe start with helloworld? :) > > -- > Protege: What is this seething mass of parentheses?! > Master: Your father's Lisp REPL. This is the language of a true > hacker. Not as clumsy or random as C++; a language for a more > civilized age. > > -- > 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 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
