Sounds like you're looking for something like this, http://cljsfiddle.net
David On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 11:15 PM, Kurt Harriger <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm looking for something like JSBin.com for ClojureScript. > > Most JavaScript code is UI code so when experimenting with ClojureScript I > want to manipulate the DOM, test interopability with other js libraries, > and try to do things I would normally do with JavaScirpt. > > Unfortunately most ClojureScript getting started tutorials throw you into > a headless runtime. Running ClojureScript code in a headless JavaScript > environment is great at demonstrating that Clojure can be ported to other > runtimes, but for doing actual web development it doesn't seem that useful. > If I wanted a headless environment I would just use Clojure. > > I get that ClojureScript needs to be compiled in Clojure on the JVM before > it is sent to the client for execution, but setting up a ClojureScript > project with a browser repl seems unnecessarily complex barrier to getting > started. > > I was thinking that the ideal environment to experiment would be something > like JSBin.com. I don't know if I can build it myself... but I thought I > might give it a try. > > I did find some good starting points: > > The closest thing I found is Himera by fogus: > http://himera.herokuapp.com/index.html - https://github.com/fogus/himera > > This provides a cljs repl in a browser. What it lacks however is an output > pane/iframe sandbox where you can generate your own views and the ability > to include additional ClojureScript dependencies such as jayq. Adding an > output frame with additional javascript libraries would be not be hard, but > I'm less certain how to go about introducing additional dependencies. It > appears to compile each command as individual expressions and does not keep > any state between service calls. It does not even appear to allow multiple > namespaces. > > Another approach might be to create a browser based nrepl console window > with cemerick/piggieback in one frame and use a traditional browser repl > or cemerick/austin a sandboxed iframe. > > I found a couple browser based clojure repls, tryclojure and catnip, > neither of these are nrepl based. They appear to just eval on the server, > tryclojure having a bit more care around untrusted code but I'm not sure > that eval approach would work here? > > I like the idea of a ClojureScript compiler service as done in Himera, but > it seems that a ClojureScript repl has a fair amount of state, namespace, > libraries etc that don't seem easy to work with as a service. > > Anyone have any thoughts on this? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ClojureScript" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojurescript. > -- Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ClojureScript" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojurescript.
