Client side tools for Clojure web app (back end questions as well, especially Pedestal)

[Jonathon McKitrick]

I'm starting on a new Clojure app, and have been really intrigued by Pedestal.  But it seems to present a new conceptual model to get my head around.  I'm not sure the benefits would be worth the effort for apps that do not fit the problem Pedestal is trying to solve.

That said, I'm open to anything.  I would really like something that makes the mundane CRUD tasks easier, and a responsive front end with data binding and DOM manipulation.

I'm strongly leaning toward AngularJS, but I'm not sure if I should learn the native version, or the ClojureScript, or a different ClojureScript specific framework/library altogether.

[Gary Trakhman]

Om/Reagent are wrappers over React.js with slightly different approaches, and are the bees-knees.

The React.JS rendering approach is a great idea in general, and a great fit for Clojurescript, and discussed elsewhere:

http://swannodette.github.io/2013/12/17/the-future-of-javascript-mvcs/

I've tried to get something going with both Om and angular, once you get over the upfront costs, Om is a much more pleasant experience.

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[Brendan Younger]

I second Gary's suggestion of Om/Reagent.  I've used Reagent on some personal projects and really like how easy it is to incorporate to the point where I just don't worry about DOM updates any more, only app logic, data storage and transmission.  It's also a bit less opinionated on how you should structure your application's data than Om is.  Neither library helps with client/server communication or building APIs on the server side.

Another framework very much in the same vein is Hoplon which aims to cover most of the same bases as Pedestal, but I'd say is a bit easier to pick up and get started with.

Brendan

[Ahmad Hammad]

Brendan, could you please elaborate on how you handled client/server communication with a project using Reagent/Om?

[Jonathon McKitrick]

My new project is coming along nicely already.  I'm currently using XHR calls to populate atoms on the client side, which are then automatically rendered into the DOM via Reagent components.  It's wonderful, so far.

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Jonathon McKitrick

On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 3:37 PM, Ahmad Hammad <a.f.h...@gmail.com> wrote:

Brendan, could you please elaborate on how you handled client/server communication with a project using Reagent/Om?

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