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    Mike Fikes

    blog.fikesfarm.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2015

    Mike Fikes writes about ClojureScript tooling, including the Planck, Replete, and Ambly REPLs for desktop, iOS, and mobile devices.

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    What HN says

    Commenters link it for running ClojureScript REPLs on phones and for scripting with Planck, with its author answering questions in threads.

    Stats for nerds
    17HN people shared it
    16linked in comments
    438story points
    Sep 2018last shared
    2015people per year2018

    Top posts on HN

    1. 1
      ClojureScript on Android
      1 person · 105 points · first shared 2015 · 20 comments on HN
    2. 2
      Fast JavaScriptCore Desktop ClojureScript REPL
      1 person · 94 points · first shared 2015 · 21 comments on HN
    3. 3
      Planck is a ClojureScript REPL and script execution environment
      2 people · 86 points · first shared 2015 · 10 comments on HN
    4. 4
      Replete: A Standalone iOS CLJS REPL
      2 people · 49 points · first shared 2015 · Discussion on HN
    5. 5
      ClojureScript Stacktraces for JavaScriptCore
      1 person · 48 points · first shared 2015 · 1 comments on HN
    6. 6
      Develop Now with ClojureScript for React Native
      1 person · 18 points · first shared 2015 · 4 comments on HN
    7. 7
      Show HN: iOS ClojureScript REPL
      2 people · 15 points · first shared 2015 · 1 comments on HN
    8. 8
      What is Bootstrapped ClojureScript?
      1 person · 5 points · first shared 2015 · 2 comments on HN
    9. 9
      ClojureScript React Native Desktop
      1 person · 4 points · first shared 2015 · Discussion on HN
    10. 10
      ClojureScript on Apple TV
      1 person · 4 points · first shared 2015 · Discussion on HN

    What HN people wrote when they linked it

    • mfikesSep 2018

      No. ClojureScript works with React Native, and in that case you can use the Figwheel REPL. See http://cljsrn.org

      Ambly can be useful in other situations where you are not building a React Native app, but still want ClojureScript driving things. For an example with Ejecta, see http://blog.fikesfarm.com/posts/2017-04-29-clojurescript-ejecta.html

    • justinhjOct 2016

      There are a few solutions for scripting with Clojure

      http://blog.fikesfarm.com/posts/2015-08-01-planck-scripting.html

      Personally I wouldn't script in Clojure. If something is simple enough to be a script I'd use bash or Python and leave Clojure for writing non-trivial programs for which startup time is not an issue

    • plooknNov 2015

      Even after finishing the readme I'm not clear on what exactly this does. At the very least it looks useful for working around the macros problem[1]. Mind explaining what mileage you got out of it?

      [1]: http://blog.fikesfarm.com/posts/2015-09-07-messing-with-macros-at-the-repl.html

    • GigaMosDec 2015

      ClojureScript is these days selfhosting. If you want to write and run small scripts you could give Planck a try (ClojureScript REPL). The startup time is much smaller.

      http://blog.fikesfarm.com/posts/2015-08-22-planck-works.html

    • reilly3000Sep 2018

      It gives you a CLJS REPL on the phone: http://blog.fikesfarm.com/posts/2015-03-05-ambly-app-bootstrapping.html Live editing code directly on the device is rather badass.

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