I've used re-frame ClojureScript for a few years now but would like to dip my toes in CL, just can't seem to get a head start. Maybe trying CL on the backend first, but even there Clojure dominates..
A relatively new Web Application Environment called Radiance may also be worth looking at.[2]
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl8jQ2wRh6k [1] https://github.com/cicakhq/potato [2] https://shirakumo.github.io/radiance/
Clojurescript was chosen on the client side because its integration with Om was very nice and matched the idea of immutability in Clojure.
Now that Om is no longer well supported we have a problem. The client side needs to be rewritten, but none of us have the time to do so. We'll see what happens with the project.
This highlights another benefit of Common Lisp. It's very mature and I don't have to worry about the fameworks that I use becoming obsolete after a short period of time.
It is said that CL provides a nicer experience to the developer (like, for example, clearer error messages, a more interactive development experience, etc.)
I tried it, it works fine, but still very alpha and moving. However, thinking about the possibility to write a SPA all in Lisp (no JS!), and then with easy deployments, executables, easy inclusion with Electron (Ceramic) is extremely exciting.
Are you aware of my fork [0]? You're certainly welcome to take anything from there that you like. I think the most recent work was on the 'bootstrap' branch. I recall that I was going a little bit in a different direction from what the other maintainer wanted to do, but I no longer recall the details.
That being said, there is Parenscript, which is a Common Lisp subset that compiles server-side to javascript (so it can be used client-side for SPAs, etc). It is an evolved project so it works just fine.
There's a lib for doing React dev using Parenscript, as well.
Besides that, there is JSCL which is an attempt to bring a full CL implementation on javascript. This is very interesting, however it isn't suited for a SPA.
And of course there are a lot of CL libraries for html generation, JSON parsing, web servers, etc.
>Maybe trying CL on the backend first
I'd say CL is just perfect for the backend side, everything you need should be there.
Well, not saying Clojure is better. Just saying that Lispers totally are on the SpA bandwagon. For example the CircleCI frontend is written in ClojureScript.