As an avid Emacsen, I would usually recommend Clojure-mode and CIDER only if you are already familiar with Emacs. Learning both - Clojure and Emacs can be reall

As an avid Emacsen, I would usually recommend Clojure-mode and CIDER only if you are already familiar with Emacs. Learning both - Clojure and Emacs can be really frustrating and may potentially become a "deal-breaking" impediment. Almost every [popular] editor/IDE today supports Clojure (not many mainstream langs can proudly say so)