On Jul 7, 2011, at 7:29 PM, Sean Corfield wrote: > And yet the #1 "FAQ" we see on lists and reflected in blog posts is > about getting Clojure up and running... We see Java developers, > committed to their favorite IDE, still asking "Should I install / > learn Emacs?" We see old-time Lispers, happy with Emacs, struggle with > the Java infrastructure. A lot of n00bs want to be told the "One True > Way" to set up their development environment - they don't want to be > confronted with choices. > > Like you, I don't entirely understand why this is an issue - but I > accept that it clearly _is_ an issue...
For me at least the issue isn't that there should be a single blessed setup, but rather that there should be at least one setup (and documentation for that setup) that's a little more newbie-friendly than any of them currently are. The available options are definitely getting better (and by "the options" I mean not only the software packages but also the installation recipes etc., although a lot of this is scattered) but in my experience and for my purposes, which include teaching, they all still have some rough spots. On the emacs/lein option I think the main problem is the messiness of the installation and configuration process. If code/instructions were available that reliably produced a full and reasonably configured emacs/slime/lein setup, on most common platforms, with a single download and double click (or something not much more complicated), then this would be a more attractive option. -Lee -- 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
