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With full REPL support etc?

(Please say yes, please say yes, please...)

Not yet but we are working on it. Sponsor ClojureDart to make it happen sooner! https://github.com/tensegritics/ClojureDart

FWIW, I tried ClojureDart a little while back, had a good time, but thought to myself, "I'll be back when they have a REPL working." At that time you guys were saying things in the Slack like, "We already have a working prototype behind closed doors, it just needs polish. We'll be ready to release it soon." It was very exciting.

That was... six months ago. :) So... I guess I'll keep waiting.

(a) Is six months a long time? (b) And then they delivered successfully. (c) Not seeing a problem.

I know, I have been beating on CLJD like I was its Daddy wrapping it in a reactive framework, despite their warning that there would be surprises. I had one problem that turned out to be a simple bug in CLJD.

I also follow their channel on the #clojurians Slack and see they are doing a profoundly deep job on the compiler. This means a robust product, not one that has developers forever looking over their shoulders at the language they are using.

Six months for that is nothing. Now send them eight dollars. jk. :)

It's my fault. And other active users. Tensegritics polled us on what we wanted first -- Tensegritics is neither Oracle nor Google -- and we all had a REPL in last place.

The one caveat I offered was "...but a REPL will be a selling point!" ROTFL

Seriously, when I want a REPL I hack the test code into "main" and comment out the UI launch. Then I edit and save and the output goes to my terminal nearby thanks to auto build/restart.

You posted this as a reply to cgrand saying they would need resources to go any faster. Yes it’s not ready yet so you’ll need to wait (or provide resources). Paraphrasing your memory of their prior time estimate on Slack seems a non sequitur - what is your intended point?

Parent comment says: REPL is a priority to me, do you have that?

cgrand's comment says: Not yet, but probably soon! Here's a link to donate

My comment says: Before you donate, here's some context for what "soon" likely means

Your comment says........?

No cgrand didn’t say it’s coming soon, he said they’re working on it and donate to get it “sooner.” Is it possible you are having similar accuracy issues recalling what he said on Slack months ago?

Yep, REPL is always great, but tbh even with ClojureScript (atop JS) I have never taken the trouble to figure out how to get a CLJS REPL going, though I am told it is possible. :)

Instead I get by with sub-second recompiles/reloads and print statements. It works great, tbh.

That said, Tensegritics is working on it.

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