I think I have an idea of where your coming from. Leiningen does lots of wonderful and important things but coming from the outside (or at least from certain "outsides") it's not even clear why you'd want to do a lot of those things, and it doesn't do some of the things that seem most essential to really getting started (like provide a way to edit code).
I'm glad you've found IntelliJ IDEA to be helpful but FWIW I think that the best way to get started for many outsiders may instead be Clooj, which lets you edit and run code without knowing anything about Java or package managers or anything else -- you can just download and double click one thing and then start typing pure Clojure code in an environment that has minimal but essential features like bracket matching and auto-indentation. Clooj is listed on one of the "getting started" pages out there, but I know that its author could use help keeping it up to date and improving it. -Lee On Feb 14, 2013, at 2:32 PM, BJG145 wrote: > What I find exasperating about Leinigen is that I've got a degree in computer > science, decades of experience in IT support, and I still haven't been able > to get it working yet. :-( > > Package Manager? Curl? What? > > OK, look, I'm not very bright. It took me years to get my head round OOP > because all the books and examples were so dull. I like this Gideros thing > I've discovered because it lets me throw together interesting programs with > sound and graphics like I used to do on my BBC Micro when I was a kid. I feel > I could release a Kindle app if I set my mind to it. I'd like to feel the > same about Clojure, but I'm struggling. I read that functional programming is > the future; it's fun; it's expressive; but to do anything interesting with it > it seems you have to be a professional programmer. I can't imagine any > teenagers releasing hit apps with it like they do with Corona. I'm > exasperated that I can't find a nice Windows-based environment and a set of > comprehensible graphics functions. Oh, just ignore me, I'm just having a > rant. ;-) -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
