lein-try

A Leiningen plugin for trying out Clojure libraries in a REPL without creating a project or adding them to an existing project.

Usage

Leiningen (via Clojars)

Put the following into the :plugins vector of the :user profile in your ~/.lein/profiles.clj:

[lein-try "0.1.0"]

This plugin requires Leiningen >= 2.0.0.

Command Line

You can use lein-try to open a REPL with any dependencies you specify loaded and ready to use.

$ lein try [clj-time "0.5.1"]
Fetching dependencies... (takes a while the first time)
lein-try loaded [clj-time "0.5.1"]

nREPL server started on port 57036
REPL-y 0.2.0
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)

user=>

To see available options, call lein help try:

$ lein help try
Launch REPL with specified dependencies available.

  Usage:

    lein try [io.rkn/conformity "0.2.1"] [com.datomic/datomic-free "0.8.4020.26"]
    lein try io.rkn/conformity 0.2.1

Arguments: ([& args])

License

Copyright © 2013 Ryan Neufeld

Distributed under the Eclipse Public License, the same as Clojure.