Clojurians Log v2

I was asked to take a look at the https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/23073-clojure-repl & https://github.com/clojure-lsp/clojure-lsp-intellij plugins for IntelliJ IDEA. This is an editor I hadnt seriously used since my fledgling Scala days back in 2010. I had tried to use Cursive plugin for IDEA before for Clojure, but I didn't really figure out how to get the same REPL driven experience I did with Emacs (and Neovim). The Clojure REPL plug was designed to have the same experience as Emacs. Many years ago I do remember being given a Mac to do some 'pairing' during an interview which had IntelliJ. I couldnt figure out IntelliJ then either (or the codebase which used some unfamiliar libraries). The people who were so-called 'pairing' with me wouldnt tell how to use the REPL (or perhaps didnt know how). Actually they wouldn't tell me anything except 'just experiment', so not really what I would call pairing. They just sat there and watched the big screen that the laptop was connected to... I stopped caring about that interview after asking a dozen questions and getting blank faces. Anyway I've installed IDE now (with only 1 strange warnings and 1 contradiction) and trying out Clojure REPL & Clojure LSP plugins. It looks pretty good although I did spot a minor issue with the phttps://github.com/afucher/clojure-repl-intellij/issues/159`clojure`https://github.com/afucher/clojure-repl-intellij/issues/159 to start the local REPL. The aliases I added to the Run configuration of Clojure REPL are not affected by this bug as they do not create a :main-opts so they dont cause nrepl to fail. Adding a Run Configuration is similar to creating a .dir-locals.el file for Emacs, although the run config is required in IDEA before a REPL can be run where as the .dir-locals.el file is optional for Cider. The key bindings are relatively simple, easier than classic Emacs ones (considering IntelliJ and Emacs both uses chorded key bindings). Using Emacs Evil/Spacemacs/Neovim style key bindings would make the keys easier (TODO: check for an IntelliJ vim plugin that is similar to https://vspacecode.github.io/ 🙂 ) There is more experimenting to do with IntellJ and Clojure REPL, although it does seem very nice (especially if you are already familiar with IntelliJ IDEA) Edit: I found the https://lp.jetbrains.com/ideavim/ which sounds really good implementation for vim-style editing. It can also drive the functions of IntelliJ so it sounds a much nicer experience (to me anyway 🙂 ) I am making some notes in the https://practical.li/journal/and once I've had enough time with the Clojure REPL plugin I'll write a blog post. Hopefully I will have been able to satisfy my vim key binding habit by then 🙂