ClojureScript 1.10.844
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ClojureScript 1.10.844
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#2A bit of an obvious question
Elm, Typescript and Purescript all offer Javascript + Types
Clojurescript is dynamic, beside the lisp syntax which is arguably cleaner, and offer some nice advantages like homoiconicity
What is the real advantage of Clojurescript (?)
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#3A bit of an obvious question Elm, Typescript and Purescript all offer Javascript + Types Clojurescript is dynamic, beside the lisp syntax which is arguably cleaner, and offer some nice advantages like homoiconicity What is the real advantage of Clojurescript (?)
to name a few: immutable data structures out of the box (with literal syntax), macros, being able to share code with the back end (cljc).
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#4A bit of an obvious question Elm, Typescript and Purescript all offer Javascript + Types Clojurescript is dynamic, beside the lisp syntax which is arguably cleaner, and offer some nice advantages like homoiconicity What is the real advantage of Clojurescript (?)
Can share much of the same code on front end / backend. Excellent built-in immutable data structures. Arguably the best modern lisp. Community is usually ahead of its time on state management solutions.
Typescript is probably a better fit for most people doing most things.
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#5A bit of an obvious question Elm, Typescript and Purescript all offer Javascript + Types Clojurescript is dynamic, beside the lisp syntax which is arguably cleaner, and offer some nice advantages like homoiconicity What is the real advantage of Clojurescript (?)
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#6For those with experience, would you say that ClojureScript for frontend stands on its own without a Clojure backend?
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#7A bit of an obvious question Elm, Typescript and Purescript all offer Javascript + Types Clojurescript is dynamic, beside the lisp syntax which is arguably cleaner, and offer some nice advantages like homoiconicity What is the real advantage of Clojurescript (?)
For me, the primary advantage has been the ecosystem.
Reagent and re-frame have been awesome since Day 1, even as react has tried to play catch-up with hooks etc.
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#8Any updates on Lumo? That was a great workflow.
Re: ClojureScript 1.10.844
#9A bit of an obvious question Elm, Typescript and Purescript all offer Javascript + Types Clojurescript is dynamic, beside the lisp syntax which is arguably cleaner, and offer some nice advantages like homoiconicity What is the real advantage of Clojurescript (?)
One of the underated aspects is the inbuilt Google closure library https://developers.google.com/closure/library
So nice to have a good standard library when using JavaScript
My favourite "type checker" is clj-kondo
Re: ClojureScript 1.10.844
#10A bit of an obvious question Elm, Typescript and Purescript all offer Javascript + Types Clojurescript is dynamic, beside the lisp syntax which is arguably cleaner, and offer some nice advantages like homoiconicity What is the real advantage of Clojurescript (?)
The question is funny because on the the list of advantages that Clojurescript offers the syntax / language is quite low on the list imo.
Clojurescript has the best client-side build tool I have used in https://shadow-cljs.github.io/docs/UsersGuide.html and everyone uses it.
Clojurescript targets/outputs Google Closure compatible code which is easily the most sophisticated JS compiler out there. The reason no one uses it is because writing compatible code by hand is a nightmare.
Clojurescript's front end libraries are incredible, they are basically a better expression of Redux because the Clojure language has constructs that enable a more expressive API https://day8.github.io/re-frame/re-frame/
Clojurescript's JS interop is actually insane, boosted by the quality of Shadow-cljs. You can write 1:1 javascript in clojurescript if you need to. A trite example would be npm installing lodash and writing some code that uses it, I have done this and it just works.
Clojurescript's developer experience with the browser repl is next level. I know a lot of the stuff I'm saying sounds hyperbolic, but I've written a ton of Javascript and react and I really like it still, but using a browser repl to manipulate application state in my editor and reload functions without a full refresh is great.
And I guess lastly, yea the language is awesome. It's basically my perfect version of Javascript. No need to fumble with libraries like immutable.js, no need for additional libraries like ramda or lodash because the standard clojurescript library has everything+.