On top of all of that, Pedestal is a non-starter for me due to the specific definition of Windows being a non-supported platform.
On Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 10:48:58 AM UTC-6, Sean Corfield wrote: > > On May 6, 2015, at 9:42 AM, Sean Corfield <se...@corfield.org > <javascript:>> wrote: > > And that’s why I thought that Pedestal looked very complex and hard to > use. Even the Hello World example is couched in terms that make it look > overly complex. > > > I Googled to see if there was a better page explaining Pedestal and didn’t > find anything obvious. I did find this tho’: > > http://www.lispcast.com/what-web-framework-should-i-use > > "Pedestal… Though, I would caution you that it's not for a Clojure > beginner. *Pedestal introduces a lot of new concepts that even > experienced Clojure programmers have to learn.*The tutorial is long and > arduous. You will have problems learning Pedestal without knowing Clojure." > (Eric’s emphasis) > > Admittedly that is talking about the entire Pedestal stack, not just the > back end portion that it has become now. Until recently, I didn’t know that > Pedestal had split in two and had previously discounted it as "that complex > full-stack thing" (much like ClojureScript One etc). Eric’s article has > this note: > > "Update: Pedestal has changed dramatically since I last looked at it. It > is no longer a frontend framework. *It is now a high-performance backend > server for high performance asynchronous processing.* It's worth looking > at if you need that. Otherwise, I stick with my recommendation to use basic > Ring." (my emphasis) > > Anyone looking for an easy web framework to get up and running with is > likely to think the same thing. > > Sean Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN > An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ > > "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 --- 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/d/optout.
