I'm wondering, what would be a useful basic set of tools for a newcomer to Clojure with no Java background? I'm not really talking about IDEs (everyone has their own opinions about IDEs, and I've seen some discussions elsewhere to give me some pointers on that one). I'm more interested in things like build tools, testing frameworks, debuggers, etc. Also, in terms of deployment, what should I be looking at?
To try to clarify what I mean: - Build tools: There seem to be things like ant, maven, leiningen. How do they relate to each other? Is there an "obvious" best answer or should I be expecting to check them all out depending on my needs? In that case, are there any good comparisons around? - Debuggers: Should I be assuming I use my IDE for debugging? What if I stick to a basic text editor to develop my code? Is there a good standalone debugger? - Profilers: Same sort of question - do IDEs offer this, are there standalone tools? - Testing: I've not really got to the documentation on Clojure's own testing tools, so maybe that's all I need, but are there testing frameworks I should look at, that sort of thing? - Deployment: For simple standalone utilities, am I looking at bat file wrappers (I'm on Windows mainly) to set classpath and the like? Given that there are some annoying limitations with bat files (nasty nesting behaviour, ugly console windows for GUI applications), are there any commonly used better solutions? For web applications, I gather that a servlet container (all that fancy J2EE stuff :-)) and something like compojure is a good place to start. For non-web long-running services, is it still reasonable to use an application server, or should I be looking at something to wrap a Clojure app up as a Windows service (something like "Java Service Wrapper" (http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.org/doc/english/download.jsp) came up for me on a Google search)? That's a lot of stuff, and I certainly don't need to dive into all of this at once, but any pointers, comments or suggestions would be very gratefully received. Thanks in advance, Paul. -- 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
