This is a small exploration of mine to have a decent repl in a clojurescript and [Pedestal] (https://github.com/pedestal/pedestal) based app running in the browser
I copied the app from the tag 2.1.1 of the Pedestal tutorial.
I just created a new pedestal project (with the new 0.2.2 version of the tools) and copied the code in it
- in the tutorial-service folder,
lein repl,start - In the tutorial-client folder,
lein repl,start,(cljs-repl) - load the app (http://localhost:3000)
- load the development aspect
- in the repl type
(js/alert "hello !")if the popup shows up, you have a working repl -from the start.cljs file copy and paste in the repl these two lines(ns debugging (:require [tutorial-client.start :as start]))(get-in start/to-be-monitored-app [:app :state])- this should show you the state of the currently running app
this machinery uses to deposit a hidden folder named .repl in the project root. Sometimes the repl behaves incorrectly and shows inexplicable errors. Before anything else, throw away the .repl folder, restart the servers and try again
a short footage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AYKXRby5oE