I use cursive daily, I think it's well past alpha..

but installing the whole intellij idea environment just to write some simple clojure code feels a bit overkill

as for arne's problems, there are a few common problems that can bite you .. for example, you need to be sure to configure the right plugin repository url depending on which intellij version you have

otherwise it just fails without any warnings

has anyone tried nightcode?

Are the requirements basically 1) must be easy to set up on all the disparate environments people will have 2) be easy enough to use for complete beginners 3) hopefully be inspiring enough that if (when?) people leave the workshop they’ll continue to use it to code clojure

because e.g. an interactive web based repl could solve 1 and 2, but not 3

cursive has 1 and 3 (and probably 2?)

lighttable has 1 and 2, but it’s debatable whether we want to be setting people over to an unmaintained project so maybe not 3

nightcode would presumably be ok for 2 & 3, but maybe not 1?

(personally completely indifferent to the editor used, just as long as we can practice how to run the repl in it a few days before)

nightcode is just a java application, and the participants have to install java anyway..

with cursive I think java is kind of packaged in with it

yep

maybe also lighttable?

is there such a massive difference between editors that everyone needs to be standardized? Could we just find out what works best on everyone’s computer on the installfest?

hola

I kinda like IRC, but who am I to stand in the way of progress?

pesterhazy: o/

pesterhazy: i think you can also use your IRC client if you prefer, but i tend to like the fluff

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