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Babashka Babooka: Write Command-Line Clojure

118 points by Borkdude 4y ago

mlongval 4y ago
Babashka is cool. I’ve looked at it and want to learn more, but it’s always a question of time.
- escherize 4y ago
  Babashka has saved me a lot of time. I actually think it is the quickest and easiest way to get started learning Clojure, to a point. No startup time didn't seem like a big deal for my workflow until I got instant startup time when running script, and starting repls -- The kind of repl where you can inspect and act on anything in your program. Babashka tasks is fantastic too! Multi-threaded, simple, and very few surprises.
  - zote 4y ago
    > actually think it is the quickest and easiest way to get started learning Clojure, to a point. That's great, I was just checking out Clojure a few hours ago and now have it installed. Any other cool blogs and resources the fine folks on here could recommend.
    - sharms 4y ago
      This might be further down the rabbit hole than you want to go, but I enjoyed the incredibly detailed blog post here with Babashka and deploying a AWS Lambda: https://jmglov.net/blog/2023-01-04-blambda-analyses-sites.html https://jmglov.net/blog/2023-01-04-blambda-analyses-sites.ht...
      - Borkdude 4y ago
        That blog post wasn't about nbb, but about bb, right?
        sharms 4y ago
        You are right I edited up update the comment
    - kaliszad 4y ago
      If you are just getting into Clojure itself, you might enjoy this interactive tutorial in an app that is itself written in a Clojure/ ClojureScript combo: https://orgpad.com/s/iByMMbKLBnq https://orgpad.com/s/iByMMbKLBnq There are links to other resources. Just click units with more pronounced shadows - those have contents, e.g. small interactive editors, videos etc.
    - kees_ 4y ago
      If you're truly looking for an info dump... https://gist.github.com/ssrihari/0bf159afb781eef7cc552a1a0b17786f https://gist.github.com/ssrihari/0bf159afb781eef7cc552a1a0b1... And I'd start from the very first link! I'm sure everyone agrees an engaging writing style goes a long way. Ayphr's posts are awesome for broad understanding, some novel order to the presentation I haven't seen elsewhere
    - user3939382 4y ago
      This is for general Clojure, I’ve had a lot of fun and learned a lot from it (and the original): https://4clojure.oxal.org/ https://4clojure.oxal.org/
jb1991 4y ago
If you work on Mac, there are a lot of great ways these days to script in a better language than Bash. Here's how to write easy scripts in Swift, without learning a new language: https://rderik.com/blog/using-swift-for-scripting/#our-first-swift-script https://rderik.com/blog/using-swift-for-scripting/#our-first...
- mark_l_watson 4y ago
  Thanks for posting that! I have also experimented with Babashka, but I am fond of Swift. It may be my favorite non-Lisp language.
mjdowney 4y ago
I've really enjoyed Babashka lately. Most recently, I ported a script from Bash which gets around WiFi captive portals and was able to add some features and even unit tests. Super fun and would have been hard for me to do in Bash! https://gist.github.com/matthewdowney/dab4d12d001152dec473e3c4db5c36dc https://gist.github.com/matthewdowney/dab4d12d001152dec473e3...
- deleted 4y ago
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sharms 4y ago
I just started using 'nbb' which is a node.js version of Babashka for automating various web tasks using playwright and it has been fantastic
mark_l_watson 4y ago
Babashka is a great success story for open source. The author has written so many useful and interesting utilities that he is now supported by contributions.

118 points by Borkdude 4y ago

mlongval 4y ago

Babashka is cool. I’ve looked at it and want to learn more, but it’s always a question of time.

escherize 4y ago
Babashka has saved me a lot of time. I actually think it is the quickest and easiest way to get started learning Clojure, to a point. No startup time didn't seem like a big deal for my workflow until I got instant startup time when running script, and starting repls -- The kind of repl where you can inspect and act on anything in your program. Babashka tasks is fantastic too! Multi-threaded, simple, and very few surprises.
- zote 4y ago
  > actually think it is the quickest and easiest way to get started learning Clojure, to a point. That's great, I was just checking out Clojure a few hours ago and now have it installed. Any other cool blogs and resources the fine folks on here could recommend.
  - sharms 4y ago
    This might be further down the rabbit hole than you want to go, but I enjoyed the incredibly detailed blog post here with Babashka and deploying a AWS Lambda: https://jmglov.net/blog/2023-01-04-blambda-analyses-sites.html https://jmglov.net/blog/2023-01-04-blambda-analyses-sites.ht...
    - Borkdude 4y ago
      That blog post wasn't about nbb, but about bb, right?
      - sharms 4y ago
        You are right I edited up update the comment
  - kaliszad 4y ago
    If you are just getting into Clojure itself, you might enjoy this interactive tutorial in an app that is itself written in a Clojure/ ClojureScript combo: https://orgpad.com/s/iByMMbKLBnq https://orgpad.com/s/iByMMbKLBnq There are links to other resources. Just click units with more pronounced shadows - those have contents, e.g. small interactive editors, videos etc.
  - kees_ 4y ago
    If you're truly looking for an info dump... https://gist.github.com/ssrihari/0bf159afb781eef7cc552a1a0b17786f https://gist.github.com/ssrihari/0bf159afb781eef7cc552a1a0b1... And I'd start from the very first link! I'm sure everyone agrees an engaging writing style goes a long way. Ayphr's posts are awesome for broad understanding, some novel order to the presentation I haven't seen elsewhere
  - user3939382 4y ago
    This is for general Clojure, I’ve had a lot of fun and learned a lot from it (and the original): https://4clojure.oxal.org/ https://4clojure.oxal.org/

jb1991 4y ago

If you work on Mac, there are a lot of great ways these days to script in a better language than Bash. Here's how to write easy scripts in Swift, without learning a new language: https://rderik.com/blog/using-swift-for-scripting/#our-first-swift-script https://rderik.com/blog/using-swift-for-scripting/#our-first...

mark_l_watson 4y ago
Thanks for posting that! I have also experimented with Babashka, but I am fond of Swift. It may be my favorite non-Lisp language.

mjdowney 4y ago

I've really enjoyed Babashka lately. Most recently, I ported a script from Bash which gets around WiFi captive portals and was able to add some features and even unit tests. Super fun and would have been hard for me to do in Bash! https://gist.github.com/matthewdowney/dab4d12d001152dec473e3c4db5c36dc https://gist.github.com/matthewdowney/dab4d12d001152dec473e3...

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sharms 4y ago

I just started using 'nbb' which is a node.js version of Babashka for automating various web tasks using playwright and it has been fantastic

mark_l_watson 4y ago

Babashka is a great success story for open source. The author has written so many useful and interesting utilities that he is now supported by contributions.