Paul, I'm using ring, hiccup, compojure, and clutch (for my database connectivity via CouchDB). I'm avoiding Sandbar, cause I can't figure too much of it out anyways) at this point, at least.
I think the only thing I'm using compojure for is [GET POST ANY defroutes]. I'm building the "core component" for a social network project due for my j2ee class tomorrow. I'm STUCK cause I can't figure out sessions. :P I've got clutch to work, html rendering, can pick up params from forms using ring's wrap-params, etc... I just can't get all the pieces to come together - by having a users logged in state STORED into a session! I've been trying to remove all the complicated stuff and only focus on the basic stuff. I don't need to have a real world set up for this project, I just need my project to work. The last part I've got to do is build "restful" services to allow my component to coordinate with my other team member's components. I'ven't tried to do this, yet, but have several pages up; Doesn't appear to be something that should be a problem (hopefully). BUT, I DO REQUIRE A SESSION - Unless there's another way??? Thanks guys, shree On May 11, 7:32 am, Paul Dorman <paul.dor...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Shree, > > while I wouldn't dare give you technical advice, I may have something > to offer as a fellow Clojure noob. I did try Sandbar for my project, > but found, as I delved deeper into the universe of Clojure web > development, that I was altogether over-complicating everything. This, > and the fact that Sandbar is undergoing something of a metamorphosis > both the options of utilising the current stable release (which is > likely to be relatively stagnant and unlikely to attract many more > enhancements or documentation), and braving trunk (which is unstable, > and unlikely to be adequately documented (for noobs, anyway) until at > least some time after release). > > What I've discovered is that the whole deal is incredibly simple. > Start with Ring. It's tiny, and all it does is speak html at one end > (the end you don't need to care about unless you're a bona fide > Clojurist), and Clojure at the other. Everything you need is available > to you as Clojure maps, and all you have to do is write Clojure code > to manipulate those maps. The bit between the request map and the > response map are your Ring middlewares. Some of them might be part of > Ring itself (such as the few bundled session middleware components > which might be of use to you), middleware written by other people > (which could do anything at all), and your own code. > > I have found that reducing the complexity of the tools you use greatly > reduces the complexity of the task of gluing everything together and > getting things working. Sandbar is a nice piece of work (props to > Brendon), but as a noob, with simple requirements, I now understand > that reaching for the most ornate magonoteis probably the last thing > I should be doing, and that my fingers and a bit of determination are > all I need to get some satisfaction and get my immediate problems > solved. > > Not that I'm suggesting you do the same, but I'm using Ring, > Compojure, Hiccup, and Clojureqlto serve up my application and manage > sessions. Wiring those together with my application functions was very > easily accomplished, with the vast majority of my time spent trying to > get the presentation (HTML and CSS) right. > > Don't get allow yourself to get despondent - I really think you'll > find solving your actual problems far simpler than you anticipated. > It's just a matter of, well, 'getting it'. > > On May 11, 7:38 pm, Shree Mulay <shreemu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On May 10, 9:20 pm, Matthew Boston <matthew.bos...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Maybe try looking at the source of a project on github using logins/ > > > sessions. One I'm currently using for reference is from > > > 4clojurehttps://github.com/dbyrne/4clojure > > > Hey Matthew, > > > I'm looking at the code. If I can't get headway on Ring, I might try > > again with Sandbar. The login at @https://github.com/dbyrne/4clojure/ > > blob/develop/src/foreclojure/login.clj might cover my requirements, > > except that it uses mongodb as it's store... hmmmmm.... > > > Worth looking at nonetheless. :)))) > > > Thanks, > > > shree -- 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
