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Java has Maven, Scala has SBT, Clojure has Leiningen. That's not so bad. I use all three languages, and the appropriate tool for the language. I don't use hot-swapping for anything.

For IDEs, in Clojure, you have the choice of Vim, Emacs, Cursive (for IntelliJ), Light Table, and Counterclockwise (for Eclipse), and more. All of them are good, pick your favorite.

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Java and Scala are both pretty usable with Maven or SBT (my own Java projects use SBT now). Clojure is pretty much limited to Leiningen. (And, personally, I find working with Leiningen to be a huge drag.)

Personally I find leiningen a breath of fresh air after working with Maven (and Ivy, then ant before it). But you can certainly use Maven with Clojure if you'd prefer.

I have to disagree. Leiningen is the bollocks.

It makes working with maven easy for everyone.

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