I wrote this post: http://blog.raynes.me/?p=48 for the precise purpose of showing newbies how to do what you want to do. One could make things a lot easier by writing an 'official' guide, assuming mine didn't meet that particular cut, along the lines of what I was aiming for and link it on http://clojure.org
On Mar 23, 3:50 am, ultranewb <pineapple.l...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Short version: How do I just open an editor, type in some Clojure > code, save it in a file, and then run it? > > Long version: Okay, I'm very new to Clojure. But I'm not a Java > programmer (don't want to be). I'm not used to all this complexity > just to do something simple. What I want to do is the "normal > programming" that I do with every other environment and language I > work with, i.e. I edit some source code on screen, save it in a file, > and either compile/run, or interpret it or whatever. But I haven't > figured out how to do that yet, and don't know if it's possible. > > I downloaded Netbeans and Enclojure. It runs fine. I can get a REPL, > blah blah. But have no idea how to do anything "real" i.e. execute a > program saved in a file. Again, I want to edit some code with the > very nice editor, save it, and hit some button that says "execute" or > perhaps "compile and execute" or perhaps "build and execute" or > whatever. But apparently there is a heck of a lot more to it than > that. I understand that you have to build a "project" or whatever. > Fine - I did that. Still, I have no idea which directory out of that > huge structure I'm supposed to put code in, I have no idea how to set > up all these "dependencies" or whatever. I did try some random stuff, > i.e. saving a file in various directories and hitting "build" but that > didn't work. I also tried editing various files that were already > there, hoping one of them was the "main" file I was supposed to be > dumping source code into, but that didn't work either. > > So I downloaded Clojure Box. It installs and runs fine. Again, I get > a REPL no problem. But there's only so much coding I can do in a > REPL. Again, I'd like to do more. > > I spent a long time trying to find some help online (googling, etc), > but everything I've found assumes I know too much, i.e. how to set up > all these projects and dependencies. > > Actually, I'm not interested in fooling with all the boilerplate and > crap AT ALL. So if I HAVE to do that, I'm outta here. But something > tells me I may not have to, i.e. there may be some automated tool > somewhere, or some "template" files I can just use over and over, or > some "trick" to use like "just name your program 'main' and stick it > in such-and-such directory." > > Any help? -- 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
