It's easy to spark interest in other developers by converting their Ruby/Python code to Clojure. But LightTable has made it possible for me to recommend an edi

It's easy to spark interest in other developers by converting their Ruby/Python code to Clojure. But LightTable has made it possible for me to recommend an editor that has integrated repl feedback and lets them hit the ground running with Clojure when they ask me how they should get started. Since Lisps are so tool/workflow-dependent, it's just way too easy for a newcomer to dismiss it all after a bad experience because they simply didn't know about electric parens or they never discovered the tight repl feedback loop that makes us so productive. And it makes it frustrating for those of us as well that are trying to convince others to give Lisps a shot since we can't stand over their shoulders. Sometime I'd like to make a well-planned gif (like that on the homepage of http://www.sublimetext.com/ http://www.sublimetext.com/) that gives newcomers a glimpse of a solid workflow to strive for.