I have used Vi, emacs, and IntelliJ for Clojure. I have used eclipse on non Clojure projects but it is not my default choice. I typically choose IntelliJ over eclipse when that type of environment is needed. I had a very capable set-up in IntelliJ. There are still some issues with the Clojure plugin especially if you are used to paredit. I naturally gravitate towards Vi when choosing between emacs or Vi. Vim-fireplace is really good if Vim is something you would like.
Emacs though IMHO is still the best one out there of what I have tried. With all the others, I feel that I miss the interactive REPL experience I get with emacs. That, ergo-mode, and Caps Lock mapped to the ctrl key are what brought me back to it. Daily I use emacs. When needed, I use IntelliJ. (For instance I was writing a plug-in in Clojure for a Java application. I did not know the Java application well at all and had a hard to find issue. I fired up IntelliJ, and I was able to debug in Java and Clojure and found the issue rather quickly.) On Thursday, July 25, 2013 3:55:22 PM UTC-4, Lee wrote: > > > On Jul 25, 2013, at 3:37 PM, Sean Corfield wrote: > > > > In October 2011, I decided to give Emacs another chance - specifically > > for Clojure development - and that's what I use day-in, day-out. I > > have a slightly customized setup but it really doesn't have much > > beyond the starter kit, rainbow delimiters and autocompletion added. > > It has a huge learning curve (nay, a _cliff_!) but it is hands down > > the best Clojure environment (in my opinion - and about 70% of all > > Clojure developers surveyed, according to Chas's surveys). > > > > Coming back to Emacs after about a 20 year break(!), I was surprised > > to see it had only advanced to version 24 (in fact, back in October > > 2011, 24 was only a preview build), and it took a fair bit of getting > > used to (again). Since then, two of my team have also switched > > full-time from ST2 to Emacs. The third does a lot of front end web dev > > and finds ST2 easier to work with - but I suspect when she starts > > doing Clojure / ClojureScript work, she'll switch too. > > For Sean or anyone who finds Sean's narrative compelling (I do), imagine > emacs without the learning curve! I say it's possible and I point to the > long-extinct FRED (Fred Resembles Emacs Deliberately) that was part of > Macintosh Common Lisp as a proof of principle. I don't have the time or > chops to develop such a thing, but if anyone here does then this would be a > way to make the world a better place. > > -Lee > > -- -- 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.
