On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 5:27 PM, jonathan.watmo...@gmail.com <jonathan.watmo...@gmail.com> wrote: > 1. Download clojure and unzip > 2. Move to the folder and type 'java -cp clojure.jar clojure.main' in > a terminal
Because this is exactly what's wrong with the current getting started process. It's not n00b-friendly, esp. to people coming in from outside the Java space. > There's a huge set of advantages to starting in a terminal: If you're not a Windows user? I'm not a Windows user. I've been a Unix developer for many decades, but I deal with a lot of Windows developers and expecting them to do everything on the command line is a complete non-starter. > 2. You can easily add jars. This means nothing to people coming from outside the Java world. > 3. You can start multiple terminal windows to try different things. Not a good approach for Windows users. > 4. You can use your preferred editors This is a valid comment. If you already have a preferred editor, we should guide you to how to do Clojure development with that editor. I think it's interesting that a lot of Clojurians use Emacs but outside of the Clojure community I don't know _anyone_ who uses Emacs. It's probably a good tweak to Nick's page to add a rider that if you have a preferred editor, go read _this_ page...... -- 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
