Yet another startup built on Clojure(Script)
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A walk through the time of Spokepoint showcasing 3 of the problems we faced and the context around them relating to Clojure and ClojureScript
Yet another startup built on Clojure(Script)
- 1. Yet another startup built on Clojure(Script) Presented at Copenhagen Clojure Meetup August 2015 by Paul Lam (@Quantisan)
- 3. Our front-end timeline Flight.js Enfocus + JS Reagent 2014 2015
- 9. Spokepoint v0.3 Google Sheets Internet Ourselves Customer Sheet API (Python) Data mining (Clojure & Go)
- 10. Spokepoint v0.4 Google Sheets Internet Data mining (Clojure & Go) Customer Flight.js <iframe>
- 11. Spokepoint v1.0-SNAPSHOT Google Sheets Internet Search (Clojure) Sheet API (Python) Customer Flight.js REST over HTTPS
- 13. Spokepoint v1.0 (3rd month, private beta) Google Sheets Internet Search (Clojure) Sheet API (Python) Customer Flight.js MySQL Account (Go)
- 14. Good ¢ Moved fast by only building what¨s needed Bad ¢ > 4 languages in production ¢ Complexities in the interfaces ¢ Boilerplate HTTP servers ¢ No cross-system versioning Trade-offs
- 16. Phase 2 Target Architecture 2014 2015 Launched 1st August We¨re here now
- 17. Making it happen Architecture 2014 2015 Launching 1st August Know what customers want, now make it happen in the app Most needs are on the frontend Clojurescript
- 18. Need more front-end manpower
- 19. Single Page Application: My thinking at the time Javascript ¢ Existing frontend is in Javascript ¢ Humongous community ¢ SPA frameworks: React, Ember, Flight.js, etc. ¢ All the supporting libraries that we would need ¢ Pool of JS talent readily available Clojurescript ¢ I am ＾10x￣ more productive in Clojure ¢ Interoperable with Javascript
- 20. Built a new feature with Clojurescript for the first time project.clj router.cljs pitch_builder.cljs template/list.html
- 23. A better way of organizing Reagent app, https://github.com/Day8/re-frame Code Showcase: What not to do
- 24. Grow, Grow, Grow Phase 3
- 25. Architecture Clojurescript 2014 2015 Customers want a platform
- 26. Architecture Clojurescript 2014 2015 Hired 3rd developer Team
- 27. Startup concerns on Clojure(Script) CEO Hiring and training Uncommon stack lessen chances of funding or acquisition CTO Many libraries are one-person projects
- 28. Our job posting in August ＾Spokepoint is an MIT startup in Cambridge, MA looking for a Clojurescript frontend contractor (remote possible). Don't know Clojurescript? Doesn't matter. I can help you with that. We are looking for the right person rather than checking a set of skills. Our web apps are built on Clojurescript, Clojure, Go, and Docker.￣
- 29. 3 out of 3 of our developers with different backgrounds survived Clojure and ClojureScript
- 31. Summary ¢ Built minimal pieces with pain driven development method ¢ Clojurescript / Reagent enabled us to deliver quickly on the front-end ¢ There are developers that want to get paid to use Clojure and Clojurescript
- 32. Credits to my team Isaac Chansky Elizabeth Hagearty Tony Tam Dan Siegel and with thanks to the Clojure community