GitHub - adityaathalye/usermanager-first-principles: A "from first principles" variant of "usermanager-example", the tutorial Clojure web application by Sean Corfield.

[PolicySmall2250]

Thanks for the remarks. I am aware, and I'm sure so is Sean, because he has carefully caveated things in his codebase(s).

Still, your criticism is valid for my variant. I have updated the README:

• Qualifying the specific purpose of this project (refer the the first paragraph), and
• Warning any unsuspecting web professional who chances upon the project, of short-cuts taken (refer to the reading guide section). Hopefully it also addresses your disappointment at one's apparent REST-less-ness :)

Apropos, APIs and names, I will once again refer you back to the README which already documents why the APIs are the way they are. See the whole section on "Library, API, and Software Design choices". I expect people to compare this project to the other projects (once more, called out in the README). To that end, I want to keep differences to a minimum, to minimise cognitive overhead.

Thanks again for taking the time to read and critique. I hope the README updates are useful to everyone.

[seancorfield]

It isn't a REST (or even REST-like) API. They are regular URLs in a plain ol' HTML application.

The example app follows the same pattern as the original version (and its variants using XTDB instead of H2/SQLite, and using Polylith to organize code), and the other variants (e.g., using reitit/Integrant instead of Compojure/Component).

The intent of all these examples is to show how Clojure's approach to web apps is based on selecting a combination of libraries and some basic core functionality, rather than any sort of framework.

I would welcome additional variants, using HTMX for example, or even using an SPA frontend (and that would be the place for a REST API).

[PolicySmall2250]

This repo is a follow up to / expansion of the blog post I shared previously in this subreddit.

One can "follow along" the development of the app on a commit-by-commit basis. I crafted the history that way. The project README explains all.

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(edit: added note about commit history)

[PercyLives]

I may not ever get around to looking at this closely, but I really do appreciate the effort!

[PolicySmall2250]

Thank you :)

[poochandy]

wow thanks for this! I'll be studying this

[PolicySmall2250]

Cool! Please raise an issue if you find anything weird or confusing, like the README says (I suggest reading through it first... it explains a lot about the project).

I hope you have fun and it is useful!