One of the things I did when I started was Project Euler problems, a simple clojure REPL, and I used Etherpad as the editor - simple, cross-platform, cross-comp

One of the things I did when I started was Project Euler problems, a simple clojure REPL, and I used Etherpad as the editor - simple, cross-platform, cross-computer programming made ridiculously simple. And it worked very well - it let me experiment with clojure in a rewarding way, didn't need anything complex to set it up, and all the help I wanted was essentially right there in the "editor." That, and automatic versioning as well... Pity etherpad is gone now... so I can't retrieve my editing history, but there are a few clones there that do the same.