I have to chime in my solution to the problem, dj. git://github.com/bmillare/dj.git
Acts more like a distro then a build tool though. On Jul 28, 7:49 pm, Sean Corfield <seancorfi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Michal B <mibu.cloj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Why does it have to be so complicated to use libraries? > > I can't imagine it being much simpler than using Leiningen... > > > To use libraries, you need to learn how to operate half a dozen build tools > > Just one: Leiningen. You can learn Cake or Maven instead if you want, I guess. > > > and git because each library author distributes their library differently. > > Hmm, I haven't needed git for anything I'm not actually contributing > to - with the exception of ClojureScript itself (and given the state > of that, I think a "build from source" approach is acceptable for > now). > > > Right? There is no need to start a project with a bunch of template files > > and an elaborate directory structure and to start configuring dependencies > > and to rely on some magic happening that makes your program run. > > Well, you could download JAR files and then use the java command with > the appropriate classpath and other arguments to run your script... > but that seems more work to me than telling Leiningen which libraries > I want and then telling Leiningen to run my -main function - with > Leiningen handling all of the dependencies and the classpath stuff > etc. > > I don't think I'd choose to not use Leiningen, even on a single file > project that used no additional libraries: > > lein new thing > cd thing > vi s[tab][tab][tab] > ...sling together some code... ZZ > lein run -m thing.core > > Done! > > (I know, the heresy of using 'vi'... :) > -- > 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
