Yeah I'd say the point of the article is to highlight the Clojure wrapper for JavaFX, providing an option to develop JavaFX desktop apps in an Om/Reagent fashio

Yeah I'd say the point of the article is to highlight the Clojure wrapper for JavaFX, providing an option to develop JavaFX desktop apps in an Om/Reagent fashion and playing to Clojure's strengths. All the criticism here seems more like criticism of JavaFX itself.