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Re: Using Clojure for Web Apps

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Pretty simple Webapp that you could have done 7 years ago. That not necessarily a bad thing but I wouldn't develop a webapp with those tools.

Specifically the 'Component' library. I really didn't enjoy working with it and it one of the most complex to understand parts of our web application.

So while this seems like a fun set of slides (I have not watched the presentation yet), it's not what I would call a great introduction to Web development in Clojure overall.

Re: Using Clojure for Web Apps

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post #3

Pretty simple Webapp that you could have done 7 years ago. That not necessarily a bad thing but I wouldn't develop a webapp with those tools. Specifically the 'Component' library. I really didn't enjoy working with it and it one of the most complex to understand parts of our web application. So while this seems like a fun set of slides (I have not watched the presentation yet), it's not what I would call a great intr…

You do have alternatives to the `component` library.

This new library, `clip`, might sit better with you:

https://github.com/juxt/clip

Re: Using Clojure for Web Apps

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post #3

Pretty simple Webapp that you could have done 7 years ago. That not necessarily a bad thing but I wouldn't develop a webapp with those tools. Specifically the 'Component' library. I really didn't enjoy working with it and it one of the most complex to understand parts of our web application. So while this seems like a fun set of slides (I have not watched the presentation yet), it's not what I would call a great intr…

I would have thought integrant would have been the choice over component these days.

Re: Using Clojure for Web Apps

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post #3

Pretty simple Webapp that you could have done 7 years ago. That not necessarily a bad thing but I wouldn't develop a webapp with those tools. Specifically the 'Component' library. I really didn't enjoy working with it and it one of the most complex to understand parts of our web application. So while this seems like a fun set of slides (I have not watched the presentation yet), it's not what I would call a great intr…

What a surprise that the stateful edges of the application are the most complex! I didn't mind component in the past but we just started a project with mount and I really dislike working with that. Seems like there are a lot of ways to shoot your own foot with any of these libraries because there is no "one true way" to integrate them into an application. I haven't tried integrant yet but everyone and their dog seemed to be using it at the 2019 Conj.

I would totally start a project with pedestal today though.

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