ClojureScript

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Post by icey » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 11:29 PM UTC

ClojureScript
github.com

Re: ClojureScript

#2

Post by jgrant27 » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 11:48 PM UTC

Now we have a "solid" Lispy alternative to imperative languages that compile to JS.

Nice surprise Rich !

Re: ClojureScript

#3

Post by grayrest » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 11:54 PM UTC

jgrant27 wrote: post #2

Now we have a "solid" Lispy alternative to imperative languages that compile to JS. Nice surprise Rich !

There are a LOT of in-browser scheme-like variants.

Re: ClojureScript

#4

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 11:55 PM UTC

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Re: ClojureScript

#5

Post by jgrant27 » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 11:56 PM UTC

jgrant27 wrote: post #2

Now we have a "solid" Lispy alternative to imperative languages that compile to JS. Nice surprise Rich !

ClojureScript seeks to address the weak link in the client/embedded application development story by replacing JavaScript with Clojure, a robust, concise and powerful programming language. In its implementation, ClojureScript adopts the strategy of the Google Closure library and compiler, and is able to effectively leverage both tools, gaining a large, production-quality library and whole-program optimization. ClojureScript brings the rich data structure set, functional programming, macros, reader, destructuring, polymorphism constructs, state discipline and many other features of Clojure to every place JavaScript reaches.

Re: ClojureScript

#6

Post by DanielRibeiro » Thu, Jul 21, 2011, 12:00 AM UTC

grayrest wrote: post #3

jgrant27 wrote: post #2

Now we have a "solid" Lispy alternative to imperative languages that compile to JS. Nice surprise Rich !

There are a LOT of in-browser scheme-like variants.

A few are listed here: https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/wiki/List-of-lang... (which also includes Clojurescript)

Re: ClojureScript

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Post by runevault » Thu, Jul 21, 2011, 12:00 AM UTC

Node.js + clojurescript just came up in the Demo. Part of me says awesome, another part says "How many hipster programmer brains blew up" Overall I'm excited about this and anxious to see how far it can be taken, because if you can write an ENTIRE webapp in clojure is thought provoking.

Re: ClojureScript

#8

Post by vdm » Thu, Jul 21, 2011, 12:00 AM UTC

https://github.com/clojure/clojurescript/wiki/Rationale

> ClojureScript seeks to address the weak link in the client/embedded application development story by replacing JavaScript with Clojure, a robust, concise and powerful programming language. In its implementation, ClojureScript adopts the strategy of the Google Closure library and compiler, and is able to effectively leverage both tools, gaining a large, production-quality library and whole-program optimization. ClojureScript brings the rich data structure set, functional programming, macros, reader, destructuring, polymorphism constructs, state discipline and many other features of Clojure to every place JavaScript reaches.

Re: ClojureScript

#9

Post by kennystone » Thu, Jul 21, 2011, 12:00 AM UTC

It's interesting how closely tied to Google Closure this is. I wonder if that will present issues in the future. Regardless, ClojureScript has definitely made really smart use of it.

Re: ClojureScript

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Post by fogus » Thu, Jul 21, 2011, 12:04 AM UTC

runevault wrote: post #7

Node.js + clojurescript just came up in the Demo. Part of me says awesome, another part says "How many hipster programmer brains blew up" Overall I'm excited about this and anxious to see how far it can be taken, because if you can write an ENTIRE webapp in clojure is thought provoking.

Node.js is the pragmatic choice for ClojureScript command line apps. One of Clojure's weaknesses was that the JVM was not a great choice for these types of scripts. ClojureScript + Node.js effectively solves this problem.