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Are there any examples of end-user GUI applications that embed a REPL back to themselves, e.g. to allow users to perform ad hoc data manipulation (I assume this is possible!)
Similarly, are there any that allow a user to write Clojure code that is read/executed from file? (I'm basically thinking about Emacs Lisp-like behaviour, where the config is code)
Magic, thanks both.
https://www.flow-storm.org/ is also a GUI application that https://flow-storm.github.io/flow-storm-debugger/user_guide.html#_searching_by_predicate where you type Clojure code, which gets evaluated in it's own (or remote) process
Another example is https://clojurians.slack.com/archives/C0260KHN0Q0/p1728243474211319 where I have a clojure iOS app that let's you live code subapps. The app itself is also editable in itself. I thought it was neat, but it never got much traction from others. It runs my podcast listening app that I use every day. Maybe I'll revisit it at some point.
If you're interested in easel, it's in active development and you can join #easel for updates.
@smith.adriane Ta! And, have done
Is there a way to know what Clojure libraries will work with babashka? Or is it more of a "try it and see if anything blows up" kind of thing? Part of my reason for asking is that babashka is fast, and so I'm wondering how feasible it is to pair babashka with a Clojure project, sharing code/libs between them, and using bb for CLI utilities while JVM Clojure runs the application itself (CLIs in Clojure feel a little sluggish)
"knowing" sort of entails knowing fairly deep details of the library, and knowing all the classes that are available in babashka. So, by way of really poor analogy, I'd say it's a bit like "knowing" whether an arbitrary number is prime... there are some things that can quickly say "no, it won't work" (<https://book.babashka.org/#differences-with-clojure>), but I think there are edge cases where trying it is the fastest way. In addition, I think in some cases it's not a binary works/doesn't work... there could be cases where some namespaces "work" and some "break" because they, for example, import java classes that aren't available. This is just my take, subject to be wrong.
it's more a try and see + come join the #babashka channel and ask kind of thing
by way of extolling the virtues of borkdude, it's also possible that a library might not work, and then it gets asked about here, and 20 minutes later borkdude has it working on the main branch build 🙂
also: projects that deliberately work with bb typically display a https://book.babashka.org/#badges
@lee that reminds me, fusebox now works with bb and I forgot to recommend the badge...
Hmmm... fusebox README does not seem to be into badges, first line is "An extremely lightweight https://github.com/potetm/fusebox#what-is-a-fault-tolerance-library for Clojure(Script) and Babashka" so that's probably good enough!
Try and see is the way to go! If you're feeling thorough, try run the library's own test suite on Babashka. Also, it has to be pure Clojure to run on Babashka. If it requires compiling java classes, no luck (unless those java classes ship with the bb binary)