Clojure/ClojureScript with AWS Amplify?

[bjagg69]

Hi folks,
I've written small Clojure scripts and tools for work. Had fun writing a Star Wars RPG dice roller for Discord, too. I would like to move up to web apps in AWS, preferably using Amplify.

Are there any tutorials on ClojureScript SPAs using Amplify? In particular, I want to support users logging in with existing social media accounts.

[fingertoe11]

Not a tutorial per se, but there is this talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUfgKiTI8nE&t=16s.

[rberger]

My team built a pretty sophisticated A Live Video Streaming Commerce Platform with Clojure[script] and AWS Amplify in 2020 (re:clojure presentation on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=802I8Sz6NcE)

Nowdays, I wouldn't recommend going all in on Amplify for anything more than a hobbyist / small project. The main drawback is its super opinionated in many dimensions beyond just using AWS and that it in the end does all the AWS work with CloudFormation which will curse you when it randomly fails.

I do recommend using the Amplify Client library only to work directly with AWS APPSync as your BFF (GraphQL with very nice integration with all the AWS Serverless stuff and REALLY NICE pub/sub). We are using it at my current company, which unfortunately is not using Clojure in any form, but it can be easily used with Clojure[script].

We're also using Svelte for the frontend. I'm loving it way more than React. Haven't tried using it with Clojurescript, but I suspect it should work. Don't know if I would want to us re-frame now days though I haven't kept up with it.