setup and emacs were quite simple for me - for emacs I just installed clojure-mode and cider via melpa like any other package. I think later I added paredit. Al

setup and emacs were quite simple for me - for emacs I just installed clojure-mode and cider via melpa like any other package. I think later I added paredit. All should include snippets for your emacs init file on their github project pages. When you have a project source file open you can M-x `cider-jack-in` (or C-c C-x j j) to open a fresh repl right in emacs. I found this useful advice for after cider and clojure mode are installed (skip the “configuration” section) - https://www.braveclojure.com/basic-emacs/ https://www.braveclojure.com/basic-emacs/ Setup on the Clojure/filesystem/JVM side was just leiningen - install lein and then `lein new app foo` gives you a fresh project dir for `foo`. You should probably install lein before the emacs stuff as cider may need a working Clojure install, not sure.