Definitely. If you're using Clojure on the JVM, you definitly should read up on Java exceptions even if the errors have improved already, as it'll help you debu

Definitely. If you're using Clojure on the JVM, you definitly should read up on Java exceptions even if the errors have improved already, as it'll help you debug things, but the default error messages in Clojure has improved since then. Same if you're dealing with ClojureScript, you'll need to understand JavaScript errors and stack traces then. Probably a good starting point for people today is go straight for Babashka, easy to get started and fast: https://github.com/babashka/babashka https://github.com/babashka/babashka