On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Daniel Gagnon <redalas...@gmail.com>wrote:
> I don't use Clojure for web development and I thought sharing why could be > useful too. > > For web development, my favourite tool is > Django<http://www.djangoproject.com/>. > It comes as a fullstack framework which means I have everything I need out > of the box. Templates, caching, ORM, a kick-ass autogenerated admin section, > cross-domain request forgery protection etc. and the documentation is really > top notch. > > I'd rather have Clojure than Python but all the goodness that Django > provides is such a time saver that I feel I'd lose too much time with > Clojure. > > If I had a full-stack, well-documented clojure framework, I'd jump to that > full-stack frameworks take time to evolve, and even then for many projects they aren't a good fit since they impose a both narrow perspective and a heavy cognitive load (massive APIs). In my experience development in Clojure is just as fast as it is in Django. The main thing lacking is documentation of the Clojure goodies that are currently available. David -- 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
