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escherize
Hello, this is a site for live-evaluating cljs forms into UIs, the way the Reagent library does.

Some ideas about next steps include adding parinfer[1], the ability to save cljsfiddles, or $YOUR_SUGGESSTION.

[1] - https://shaunlebron.github.io/parinfer/

Syrup-tan
Here's a simple modification to get the random number between 1 and 10

    [:div
     [:p "Hit Run to get a random number:"]
     [:h1 (+ 1 (Math.floor (* 10 (rand))))]]
If you weren't previously familiar with the syntax I figured this might help.
escherize
I really want to add the ability to save/load content that can be built on. I think it would be awesome to share clever tricks!
mfikes
This is cool, IMO. My main ClojureScript experience to date has been non-web (mobile, bootstrap, etc.), but this fiddle even makes it ridiculously easy for someone like me to quickly try an idea out and just experiment.

No need to run through the ClojureScript "Quick Start"—this is just "Start". :) Bravo!

dizzystar
I really like this!

This is definitely needed for the community and I'm very glad to see something like this pop up.

A few missing items for those who wish to share code on StackOverflow, for example: external stylesheets and a way to share the code you've written.

Not everyone uses Regent, so perhaps something more vanilla with ClojureScript + Hiccup, but I see how this could devolve into a rabbit hole.

Overall, a very solid start and I hope this continues.

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mfikes
CLJS Fiddle is based on bootstrap (self-hosted) ClojureScript, so it includes the entire compiler in the JavaScript downloaded. But, there are things that can be done to improve things, even in this situation (work to make artifacts smaller, bring up UI while things load, etc.)
escherize
I wanted to say thanks to the LambdaX team[1], (of replumb aka clojurescript.io fame) for lending me a hand while trying to wrangle the bootstrapped clojurescript compiler. cljs-in-cljs is actually pretty tricky!

[1] - www.lambdax.io

aaroniba
This is great. I wish I had this when I was learning reagent.
zubairq
This is fantastic. As the creator of appshare.co, another clojurescript web repl I realise that this could turn into something really great. Well done!
vim-guru
This is great! I believe the next logical thing to implement would be handling of multiple files, but `parinfer` sounds good to.