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Learn the most popular Clojure project tool

Leiningen is a very powerful tool. The estimates are that 98% of all Clojure projects use Leiningen. But it's a powerful tool and can be difficult to learn. Like most good tools, once you learn it, you put it on your side, and it starts to work for you.

In this course, you'll learn:

  • How to start a new project
  • How to configure projects
  • Working with dependencies
  • Using different profiles
  • Using templates
  • Leiningen's release workflow
  • And more

Leiningen

Updated June 19, 2018

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Lessons

3 min

1. Creating a New Project

We create a new Leiningen project and examine the contents. We also create one using a template.

8 min

2. project.clj

The project.clj at the root of Leiningen projects is where all of your project configuration and metadata is defined. There are many, many options. We review the most important and discover a great resource for knowing what options are available.

10 min

3. Dependencies

Leiningen does a good job managing dependencies. We discuss three different places for finding the current version and some commands and plugins that can help you manage your versions.

8 min

4. Profiles

Leiningen uses the "profiles" concept to organize configuration. Each task is run under zero or more profiles. In this lesson, we discuss how to use profiles and how they are merged.

5 min

5. Templates

Templates are project scaffolding that you can use to get started quickly. You can also create your own templates.

6 min

6. Releasing New Versions

Leiningen has a system for scripting the process for releasing new versions. We review that here.

6 min

7. Commands Everyone Should Know

We review some basic commands that you should know, including the help command that can help you get more information.