You will need java to work with this workshop content.
First check if you have Java 11. You can do this by running the following command:
java -version
If Java is not installed please register at this link and download it for free from the following link. https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk11-downloads-5066655.html
You can verify that java has been installed properly by running the following command
java -version
We have not tested this project with Java versions other than Java 11 hence it is highly recommended that you have this one installed
Follow Leiningen setup instructions mentioned here: https://leiningen.org/
Fire up a REPL by running the following command lein repl
. This should give you a repl
prompt. Enter (+ 1 2)
and press enter. You should get back 3
as the result.
Additionally run lein --version
to ensure that the correct version of lein has been installed.
This project is tested with Leiningen 2.9.1. It is highly recommended that you use the same version.
WARNING This project will break with Leiningen 3.0.0 or higher
You can download Intellij by following the instructions here: https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/index.html
You are free to use the editor of your choice as long as you can do the following with it:
- Jump to definition for Clojure or Java sources
- Start or connect to a REPL
- Structural editing with paredit / parinfer
We will be using Intellij + Cursive for this workshop hence it is highly recommended that you have it installed. For Intellij, we recommend version 2019.3.2 or later.
You can get started with Cursive by following the instructions here: https://cursive-ide.com/userguide/
You can download Postman by following the instructions here: https://www.postman.com/downloads/
The recommended version of Postman is 7.17 or later