A talk given at ClojureFinland meetup. GitHub: https://github.com/propan/crock-of-gold Demo App: http://crock-of-gold.herokuapp.com

1. CLOJURE TEMPLATE
LANGUAGES
SEEKING THE HOLY GRAIL

2. WHAT WAS I LOOKING FOR?
easy to use
clear and consise
supports "inheritance"
not abandoned

3. THE CANDIDATES
hiccup
enlive
selmer
clj-jade

4. HICCUP
(syu-plcto.iw
n orapiainves
(rqie[icppg :ee [tl])
:eur hcu.ae rfr hm5])
(tl [dv{cas"otie"
hm5 :i :ls cnanr}
[h "icp]
:1 Hcu"
[p(t "icpi albayfrrpeetn HM "
: sr Hcu s
irr o ersnig TL
"nCoue I ue vcost rpeet"
i ljr. t ss etr o ersn
"lmns admp t rpeeta "
eeet, n as o ersn n
"lmn' atiue.)]
eeets trbts"])

5. HICCUP
it's clojure
functions + macros + paredit
not easy to share with designers
perfect for a one-man band

6. ENLIVE
(syu-plcto.iw
n orapiainves
(rqie[e.gadelv-tl:ee [etmlt])
:eur ntcrn.niehm rfr dfepae])
(etmlt m-ae"epae/aothm"
dfepae ypg tmltslyu.tl
[
]
[h](/otn "nie)
:1 hcnet Elv"
[p (/otn (t "niei aslco-ae tmltn "
:] hcnet sr Elv s
eetrbsd epaig
"irr frCoue")
lbay o ljr.))

7. ENLIVE
mostly clojure
deftemplate and defsnippet
should be easy to work with designers
makes you think

8. SELMER
{ etns"aothm"%
% xed lyu.tl }
{ boktte%
% lc il }
Sle
emr
{ edlc %
% nbok }
{ bokcnet%
% lc otn }
<1Sle<h>
h>emr/1
<> fs,Dag isie tmlt sse frCoue<p
pA at jno nprd epae ytm o ljr./>
{ edlc %
% nbok }

9. SELMER
extends and include
almost Django
actively developed

10. CLJ-JADE
etnslyu
xed aot
boktte
lc il
|cjjd
l-ae
bokcnet
lc otn
h cjjd
1 l-ae
p
|Ati wapraon jd4 t pooe
hn rpe rud aej o rmt
|uewt teCouecmuiy
s ih h ljr omnt.

11. CLJ-JADE
extends, include and mixins
really clean
indentation
clj-jade > jade4j > JEXL

12. *
QUANTITATIVE METRICS
hiccup
enlive
selmer
clj-jade
files
1
5
6
5
* - numbers can lie
lines
115
196
170
128

13. TRY IT YOURSELF
SOURCE CODE ON GITHUB
LIVE DEMO

14. THE END
PAVEL PROKOPENKO / GITHUB.COM/PROPAN