Hello World

This is always the first tiny baby step when learning a programming language. Let’s try “Hello, World!” in Clojure.

On repl

Start repl. When you use Leiningen, type lein repl on Terminal (Command Prompt):

bash-3.2$ lein repl
nREPL server started on port 59553 on host 127.0.0.1
REPL-y 0.2.1
Clojure 1.5.1
    Docs: (doc function-name-here)
          (find-doc "part-of-name-here")
  Source: (source function-name-here)
 Javadoc: (javadoc java-object-or-class-here)
    Exit: Control+D or (exit) or (quit)
 Results: Stored in vars *1, *2, *3, an exception in *e

user=>

Type below on repl:

user=> (prn "Hello World")
"Hello World"
nil
user=> (println "Hello World")
Hello World
nil
user=> (pr-str "Hello World")
"\"Hello World\""

• Advice to coaches

  If this is the first Clojure code, please explain Clojure’s syntax: parenthesis, function, argument, etc. Explain the different functions above, if necessary. For example, prn is for reader, while println is for human consumption.
  
  

Hello World by runnable program

Create a brand new Clojure project:

bash-3.2$ lein new helloworld

Add main to project.clj (line 7):

Edit src/helloworld/core.clj to look like below:

Run the program:

bash-3.2$ lein run
Hello, World!

• Advice to coaches

  This is an optional lab work. After it is tried, explain the moving parts of a Clojure project, such as project.clj and namespaces. You don’t have to explain it in detail, because other labs will cover those topics. This lab is to get familiar with Clojure programming.