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by galaxyLogic 221 days ago
I haven't tried clojurescript but I'm fearful of languages that run on top of other languages or platformks, because of complications that produces for debugging.

How do you debug ClojureScript? Can you modify the source-code while in the debugger? That is a huge time-saver, you debug and see a typo and fix it right away. My preference are influenced by my background in Smalltalk's "live" environemnt: you see the variables, the stack, and can change anything without having to stop the debugging session and then have to go back to the "editor" and then locate the place you (now know) you want to modify, and then start again.
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chamomeal 221 days ago
Hm I definitely haven’t tried a debugger! I’m not sure if that’s a PITA to set up. I had a terrible time trying to get a debugger working with typescript on top of node.

Since clojure is so REPL heavy I haven’t felt like I’m missing a debugger too much. But the smalltalk live environment sounds ridiculously cool. I do end up using REPLs to remote programs (even prod lol) pretty often, which is pretty crazy for me coming from a node background

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