Thank you for making this available! On 10 August 2011 02:53, Filip de Waard <f...@vix.io> wrote: > I'm working on Vix, which is a document repository and content > management system written in Clojure with a CouchDB backend. After the > announcement on July 23 I immediately got excited about ClojureScript > and the Google Closure toolkit, so I dropped the existing Backbone.js > and jQuery code and rewrote all client-side functionality in > ClojureScript. Despite (or maybe because of) the fact that the > functionality is still very minimal I wanted to share this code as an > example of ClojureScript in the wild. > > Be warned that: > - this is not perfect, clean example code written by a ClojureScript > expert (in several places I've used hacks and shortcuts to make things > work), but hopefully at least a starting point for others working on > similar functionality, > - you should read the installation instructions carefully (e.g. there > is still a hardcoded path in src/vix/db.clj at the time of this > writing, which I hope to correct in the near future), > - I'm actively developing this application, so things will change and > new features will be added frequently, > - the application isn't done yet, although it has a working prototype. > > I'm concentrating on adding features that will allow users to manage > feeds (currently "blog" is the default feed), add media files like > images and to manage users. I had trouble getting unit testing to work > properly for the ClojureScript part of the application, so I > grudgingly wrote it using a non-TDD approach. Retrofitting unit tests > into the ClojureScript part is a priority. The user interface is also > lacking some bells and whistles that I had previously implemented in > jQuery, but still have to rewrite using Google Closure. Eventually, I > want to turn Vix into a commercial SaaS offering, with a focus on > performance (e.g. Amazon CloudFront support), scalability and webshop > functionality. The application itself, however, will be perpetually > available as open source software, because I'm committed to sharing my > code. > > Here is the GitHub page for Vix: https://github.com/fmw/vix > > This is not a "launch post" for Vix, because we're not ready for > supporting typical end-users yet, but I hope that the code will be > useful to other developers in the meantime. I'm also happy to receive > any feedback (positive as well as negative) and answer questions. You > can reply to this post, but if you prefer to contact me privately you > can also find my contact information on Github (https://github.com/ > fmw). > > Sincerely, > > F.M. (Filip) de Waard / fmw > > P.S. I'd like to thank the ClojureScript developers. There are > surprisingly few glitches considering that the project has only just > been released. The language is incredibly well designed and a pleasure > to use. Thanks for making client-side development more enjoyable! > > -- > 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
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