While we can suggest Cider as an option, I have had nontrivial problems with breakage on updating, Emacs falling over with long lines of text, Windows support, etc. I also know that I am not the only one who has had these problems https://twitter.com/ztellman/status/1055152840589496320.
These kinds of issues a part of the tooling gap and are real reasons people give up on Clojure and I do find the dismissive attitude of most when I have suggested this in the past off putting.
Addressing Emacs specifically, while it would be probably worth the investment it is not an answer most people want to hear and when we suggest that Clojure is this great thing it is important to show people on some of their terms because learning a new editor on top of Clojure more then we should be asking IMHO and for all the talk of Clojure being pragmatic this feels directly opposed to that ethos.
Let me emphasize, I don't want to say anyone is doing anything wrong or that Emacs isn't the right way forward but it had to be acknowledged that there are real problems that path that need improvement when it comes to onboarding new developers and with daily use.
These kinds of issues a part of the tooling gap and are real reasons people give up on Clojure and I do find the dismissive attitude of most when I have suggested this in the past off putting.
Addressing Emacs specifically, while it would be probably worth the investment it is not an answer most people want to hear and when we suggest that Clojure is this great thing it is important to show people on some of their terms because learning a new editor on top of Clojure more then we should be asking IMHO and for all the talk of Clojure being pragmatic this feels directly opposed to that ethos.
Let me emphasize, I don't want to say anyone is doing anything wrong or that Emacs isn't the right way forward but it had to be acknowledged that there are real problems that path that need improvement when it comes to onboarding new developers and with daily use.