1. install Leiningen and learn the basics 2. get everyone an editing environment, with the option of using either Emacs, IntelliJ, or Eclipse
I would have people do this in advance, or provide a canned environment that has a better chance of "just working". There's decent odds that these two steps will eat up a bunch of your time and leave people feeling left out when their install/editor/integration is not quite right. Personally I found the C-x-e of evaluating an s-exp in emacs to be the magic that makes clojure a bajillionty times better than any other programming language, so I'm partial to something like the emacs starter kit. But something like labrepl or eclipse+counterclockwise might be easier for people to start with. On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 3:26 AM, Marko Topolnik <marko.topol...@gmail.com>wrote: > > I think, however, that there is a risk of a disconnect, where newcomers >> don't really grasp that there is a JVM running and that code is actually >> compiled and injected into it, and that it's for real. They are used to >> mickey mouse interactive tools that don't provide the real thing, and >> struggle to bridge the apparent gap between running code in the REPL and >> "properly compiling and running" files. There is no gap, but one needs to >> explain that, I think. > > > I think this is a pivot point for everything in Clojure. The harder the > mental switch, the more important to make it right away. Without > understanding that, it will be very hard to maintain a clear picture of how > everything fits together, especially when you start changing functions and > reloading them. > > -- > 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 > -- The king’s heart is like a stream of water directed by the Lord; He guides it wherever He pleases. -- 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
