I feel your pain BJG145, when I started learning Clojure I used Clooj<https://github.com/arthuredelstein/clooj> to be able start playing with the language, it provides the basics, a REPL, a text area for the code and a tree of files and folder for the current project. It's simple and get's you started, you can for example follow book examples with it, or try new concepts and play around. Once I started feeling that the pieces were fitting together, I began to consider checking what Leiningen was all about. At that time there was no .bat file for Windows, so I decided to use cygwin <http://www.cygwin.com/> instead, which is a *nix like command-line environment for Windows, and it has worked like charm since then.
Coming from IDE's like Eclispse and Visual Studio, getting used to the command-line for running things, was far from my comfort zone, and I think I understand where you are coming from. Counter-Clockwise <https://github.com/laurentpetit/ccw>is an Eclipse <http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/>plugin, really easy to install that is, IMHO, one of the best user-friendly, GUI-familiar options for Clojure development right now. Still, I think some tool is missing for Clojure that can lower the difficulties for newcomers to try out the language and be able to reap the benefits of using it, while avoiding to be overwhelmed by the initial environment configuration. It may seem trivial to some, but I think it's because we get used to the workflow, but for someone who's new, every little detail needs consideration and every new concept needs to be grasped, so if the configuration details and concepts could be minimized, then I think the language would speak for itself. Anyway, I digress. I just wanted to finish this post saying that if you take the time to learn Clojure I think you'll have fun in the process, you will have a very powerful tool under your belt and you'll get support from a friendly community. Cheers, J On Thursday, February 14, 2013 6:29:07 PM UTC-3, BJG145 wrote: > Thanks for the suggestions - this really isn't an anti-Leiningen thread, > I'm just impatient that I don't understand it yet. But I'll give it another > crack and post some more coherent queries when I get stuck...:-) > > -- -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
