Practicalli deps.edn configuration

A feature rich deps.edn file with a collection of aliases for Clojure projects. Include aliases with common options for convienience and to minimise the amount of cognitive load required to remember how to use aliases. Inspiration taken from seancorfield/dot-clojure.

Using this repository

Fork this repository and clone your fork to the ~/.clojure directory in the root of your home directory for the operating system in use.

git clone your-fork-url ~/.clojure

Alternately, manually copy the deps.edn file or specific sections of that file to ~/.clojure/deps.edn, creating that file if it does not exist.

The configuration and aliases will be included in any deps.edn project. Any directory containing a deps.edn project is considered a Clojure project. Project specific deps.edn files containing an empty map, {} or a map with any additional configuration. Either way, all the configuration from ~/.clojure/deps.edn will be available (unless over-ridden by project specific settings).

Updating

The collection of aliases is regularly reviewed and expanded upon and suggestions are most welcome.

The versions of libraries are manually updated at least once per month using the :outdated alias and a new version of the deps.edn file pushed to this repository.

cd ~/.clojure/
clojure -A:outdated

To automatically update library versions for aliases, then use the :outdated-update alias. It is prudent to review what has been updated before using the results.

cd ~/.clojure/
clojure -A:outdated-update

Aliases

Here is a summary of the aliases included so far.

Please read the deps.edn file to see the specific configuration for each alias.

Creating projects from templates

Create and update projects from deps, leiningen and boot templates with clj-new

• :new

Create a new project: clojure -A:new template-name domain/namespace

Run project: clojure -m myname.myapp

repl experience

Rebel readline provides a feature rich REPL experience, far beyond the basic clojure and clj commands.

• rebel - run a Clojure REPL
• rebel-cljs - run the default ClojureScript REPL, eg. Nashorn

:repl/help in the REPL for help and available commands. :repl/quit to close the REPL.

Data browsing - Cognitect REBL

Browse data structures as they are generated in the Clojure REPL.

• cognitect-rebl-java8 - REBL, a visual data explorer (Java 8)

• cognitect-rebl-java11 - REBL, a visual data explorer (Java 11)

• :nrebl.middleware - REBL data browser on nREPL connection (uses )

Run REBL listening to nREPL using the command

clojure -R:nrepl:cider-nrepl:cognitect-rebl-java11 -A:nrebl

cider-connect in Emacs CIDER successfully connects to the nREPL port and evaluated code is sent to REBL. Create a dir-locals.el file with the following aliases:

((clojure-mode . ((cider-clojure-cli-global-options . "-R:nrepl:cider-nrepl:rebl-java11 -A:nrebl.middleware"))))

Java source

Look up Java Class and method definitions, eg. cider-find-var in Emacs Requires: Java sources installed locally, examples from Ubuntu package install locations

• :java-8-source
• :java-11-source

Testing frameworks

Unit test libraries, specifications and generative testing

clojure-test requires no alias as it is a part of the Clojure jar file. If not using a test running the :test-path alias may be required to add the test directory to the class path in order to see test code.

• :spec - define specifications for functions and data structures

• :spec2 - under active development

• :expectations - clojure.test with expectations

• :expectations-classic - expectations framework

Use expectations in a project clojure -A:test:expectations or from the command line with cognitect test runner clojure -A:expectations:test-runner-cognitect

Test runners

Tools to run unit tests in a project which are defined under test path.

Run clojure with the specific test runner alias: clojure -A:test-runner-alias

• :test-runner-cognitect - Cognitect test-runner
• :test-runner-cljs - test runner for Clojure/Script
• :test-runner-kaocha - comprehensive test runner for Clojure/Script
• :test-runner-midje - runner for midje and clojure.test tests
• :test-runner-eftest - fast and pretty test runner

Test Coverage tools

Cloverage - simple clojure coverage tool for clojure.test defined unit tests.

Run clojure with the test coverage alias: clojure -A:test-coverage

• :test-coverage

Linting/ static analysis

• :lint - comprehensive and fast lint tool
• :lint-eastwood - classic lint tool for Clojure
• :idiom-check - checking for idiomatic Clojure code with Kibit

Dependency version management

Manage versions for maven and git dependencies

• :outdated - report newer dependencies (git and maven)
• :outdated-update - update all dependencies (git and maven)
• :outdated-ancient - check for newer dependencies (maven)

Hot loading dependencies (unofficial - changes planned already)

This is a very unofficial approach to hot loading and the design may change quite soon, so this alias is likely to break without notice. Do not rely on this alias working and use with caution.

• :hot-load-deps - Add jar dependencies into a running REPL.

Require the add-lib function to include a maven style dependency

(require '[clojure.tools.deps.alpha.repl :refer [add-lib]])
  (add-lib 'domain/library {:mvn/version "RELEASE"})

Require clojure.tools.gitlibs namesapace to hot load dependencies from a Git repository

(require '[clojure.tools.gitlibs :as gitlibs])
(defn load-master [library]
  (let [git (str "https://github.com/" library ".git")]
    (add-lib library {:git/url git :sha (gitlibs/resolve git "master")})))
(load-master 'clojure/tools.trace)

Visualizing project vars and library dependencies

Create Graphviz graphs of project and library dependencies

Morpheus creates grahps of project vars and their relationships

• :graph-vars - generate graph of vars in a project as a .dot file
• :graph-vars-png - generate graph of vars in a project as a .png file using src and test paths
• :graph-vars-svg - generate graph of vars in a project as a .svg file using src and test paths

Install Graphviz to generate PNG and SVG images. Or use the Edotor website to convert .dot files to PNG or SVG images and select different graph layout engines.

Vizns creates graphs of relationships between library dependencies and project namespaces

• :graph-deps
• :graph-deps-png - generate a single deps-graph png image

Other options:

• clj -A:graph-deps navigate # navigable folder of SVGs
• clj -A:graph-deps single # deps-graph.dot file
• clj -A:graph-deps single -o deps-graph.png -f png
• clj -A:graph-deps single -o deps-graph.svg -f svg
• clj -A:graph-deps single --show # View graph without saving

Deployment

• :build-depstar - build jars, uberjars for deps.edn projects

clojure -A:depstar -m hf.depstar.jar MyLib.jar
clojure -A:depstar -m hf.depstar.uberjar MyProject.jar

• :build-uberdeps - uberjar builder

Performance testing

• :benchmark Adhoc performance testing the the REPL

clojure -A:rebel:bench

(require '[criterium.core :refer [bench quick-bench]])
(bench (adhoc-expression))

Performance test a project in the REPL

clojure -A:rebel:bench

(require '[practicalli/namespace-name]) ; require project code
(in-ns 'practicalli/namespace-name)
(quick-bench (project-function args))

• :measure - memory usage In the REPL:

  (require '[clj-memory-meter.core :as memory-meter])
   (memory-meter/measure (your-expression))